Pituitary apoplexy caused by luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone in prolactin-producing adenoma

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 747-750

  Hiroi, Naoki ^a,b   Ichijo, Takamasa ^a   Shimojo, Masako ^a   Ueshiba, Hajime ^a   Tsuboi, Kumiko ^a   Miyachi, Yukitaka ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

FSH producing pituitary adenoma; LH RH test; Pituitary adenoma; Prolactinoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROLACTIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GONADORELIN TEST; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROLACTINOMA; SPHENOID SINUS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VOMITING;

EID: 0034872229     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.747     Document Type: Article

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