Adrenal failure due to metastasis both to the hypothalamic-pituitary area and the adrenals

Tumori

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-404

  Trincado, Pablo ^a,b   Playán, Jesus ^a   Acha, Javier ^a   De Castro, Paloma ^a   Sanz, Alejandro ^a   Albero, Ramón ^a   Morales, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

adrenal metastasis; diabetes insipidus; hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; hypothalamic pituitary metastasis; lung cancer; panhypopituitarism; primary adrenal insufficiency; secondary adrenal insufficiency; secondary hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE;

EID: 0029845867     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169608200422     Document Type: Article

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