Pituitary apoplexy secondary to a metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Report of a case followed for seven years;Apoplejía en metástasis hipofisiaria de carcinoma de células renales. Caso clínico con siete años de seguimiento

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1015-1018

  Quevedo L , Iván ^a   Rodríguez Portales, José A ^a   Rosenberg G , Helmar ^a   Mery S , Jorge ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, renal cell; Hypophysectomy; Pituitary apoplexy

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034280011     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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