Pituitary adenoma with neuronal choristoma: A report of two rare cases

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 128-132

  Sharma, M C ^a   Karak, A K ^a   Mahapatra, A K ^a   Sarkar, C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Choristoma; Gangliocytic hamartoma; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Immunohistochemistry; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHORISTOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA, CHROMOPHOBE; ADULT; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA;

EID: 0033064759     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(99)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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