Xanthomatous hypophysitis: A novel entity of obscure etiology

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-241

  Deodhare, Sanjeev S ^a   Bilbao, Juan M ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^a   Horvath, Eva ^a   Nomikos, P ^b   Buchfelder, M ^b   Reschke, K ^c   Lehnert, H ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Electron microscopy; Hypophysitis; Immunohistochemistry; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN S 100; RETICULIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HISTIOCYTE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032699911     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02738885     Document Type: Article

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