Symptomatic hypothalamic-pituitary metastases disclosing small-cell lung cancer in two patients;Métastase hypothalamo-hypophysaire symptomatique révélatrice d'un carcinome, bronchique à petites cellules. Etude de deux cas

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1107-1109

  Tchenio, X ^a,b   Mornex, F ^a,b   Sassolas, G ^a,b   Cordier, J F ^a,b  

^a LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic pituitary metastases; Pituitary insufficiency; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0034495199     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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