Idiopathic hypophysitis in elderly patients. A report of two cases and review of the literature;Hipofisitis idiopatica en pacientes de edad avanzada. Presentacion de dos casos y revision de la literatura

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1175-1179

  Echevarria G ^a   Gonorazky, S ^a,b   Gaspari, M ^a   Sundblad, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL PRIVADO DE COMUNIDAD   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Granulomatous hypophysitis; Headache; Hypophysial adenoma; Hypophysis; Hypopituitarism; Lymphocyte hypophysitis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; LYMPHOCYTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE;

ADENOMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033576363     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.2912.99407     Document Type: Article

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