Cushing's Syndrome from an Ectopic Pituitary Adenoma with Peliosis: A Histological, Immunohistochemical, and Ultrastructural Study and Review of the Literature

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-74

  Coiré, Claire I ^a   Horvath, Eva ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^a   Smyth, Harley S ^a   Ezzat, Shereen ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytochemistry; Ectopic pituitary adenoma; Histology; Immunohisto; Peliosis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002359318     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02739709     Document Type: Article

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