Transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary gigantism and galactorrhea in a 3.5 year old child

Pituitary

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 261-267

  Flitsch, Jörg ^a,d   Lüdecke, Dieter K ^a   Stahnke, Nikolaus ^a   Wiebel, Jens ^b   Saeger, Wolfgang ^c  

^a University Hospital   (Germany)

^b Local Pediatrician   (Germany)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood; Galactorrhea; Gigantism; Pituitary adenomas; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; GIGANTISM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROLACTINOMA; SPHENOID;

BROMOCRIPTINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; GIGANTISM; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROLACTIN; PROLACTINOMA; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 0034185476     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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