Lymphocytic Hypophysitis Masking a Suprasellar Germinoma in a 12-year-old Girl - A Case Report

Pituitary

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 303-307

  Fehn, Marita ^a   Bettendorf, Markus ^b   Lüdecke, Dieter K ^c   Sommer, Clemens ^d   Saeger, Wolfgang ^a,e  

^a Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germinoma; Immunocytochemistry; Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Pituitary tumor

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; PATHOLOGY;

CHILD; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033123098     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009923029942     Document Type: Article

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