A case report of FSH-producing nasal ectopic pituitary adenoma extending to the frontal cranial fossa

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 782-784

  Kitajiri, Shin Ichiro ^a   Hosaka, Naoki ^a,b   Tabuchi, Keisaku ^a   Hiraumi, Harukazu ^a   Nogaki, Hidekazu ^a   Tatsumi, Shotaro ^a   Toki, Junko ^b   Ikehara, Susumu ^b  

^a Public Toyooka Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; EPISTAXIS; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NOSE CAVITY TUMOR; SECRETORY GRANULE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034123787     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.126.6.782     Document Type: Article

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