A composite silent corticotroph pituitary adenoma with interspersed adrenocortical cells: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 650-654

  Coiré, Claire I ^a,f   Horvath, Eva ^b   Kovacs, Kaiman ^b   Smyth, Harley S ^c   Sasano, Hironobu ^d   Lino, Kazumi ^e   Feig, Denice S ^a  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical cells; Immunohistochemistry; Pathological findings; Pituitary adenoma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031884726     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199803000-00039     Document Type: Article

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