Large and invasive silent corticotroph-cell adenoma with elevated serum acth: A case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-32

  Ueyama, Takehiko ^a   Tamaki, Norihiko ^a   Kondoh, Takeshi ^a   Kurata, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cavernous sinus; Cushing's disease; Pituitary ade noma; Silent corticotroph cell adenoma; Sphenoid sinus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPHENOID SINUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0032125245     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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