Hypopituitarism due to Pituitary Metastasis of Lung Cancer: Case of a 21-Year-Old Man

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 414-417

  Ito, Isao ^a,b   Ishida, Tadashi ^a   Hashimoto, Toru ^a   Arita, Machiko ^a   Osawa, Makoto ^a   Yokota, Toshihiko ^a   Ishimori, Takayoshi ^a  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pituitary function test; Pituitary metastasis; Quality of life; Squamous cell carcinoma; Young age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 0035344974     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.414     Document Type: Article

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