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Granular-cell tumour: a rare suprasellar mass

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Granular-cell tumour is a rare suprasellar space occupying lesion, which usually presents with visual deterioration, endocrine deficits or headache. We present two women with extraordinarily large tumours, measuring 3.8 and 4.0 cm in diameter. In both cases the tough, vascular tumour could be removed only subtotally.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kiel, Weimarer Strasse 8, 24 106 Kiel, Germany e-mail: buhlr@nch.uni-kiel.de Tel.: + 49-4 31-5 97 49 10 Fax: + 49-4 31-5 97 49 18, , , , , , DE

    R. Buhl, H. H. Hugo, R. G. Hempelmann, H. Barth & H. M. Mehdorn

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  2. H. H. Hugo
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Received: 26 October 1999 Accepted: 31 January 2000

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Buhl, R., Hugo, H., Hempelmann, R. et al. Granular-cell tumour: a rare suprasellar mass. Neuroradiology 43, 309–312 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340000507

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