Pituitary adenoma presenting as sinonasal tumor: Pitfalls in diagnosis

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 605-609

  Luk, Ivy S C ^a   Chan, John K C ^a   Chow, S M ^a   Leung, S ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ectopic pituitary adenoma; immunohistochemistry; pituitary adenoma; sinonasal tumor

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CORTICOTROPIN; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NOSE POLYP; NOSE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030014142     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90170-7     Document Type: Article

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