Idiopathic Giant Cell Granulomatous Hypophysitis with Hypopituitarism, Right Abducens Nerve Paresis and Masked Diabetes Insipidus

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 915-919

  Fujiwara, Tohru ^a   Ota, Kozo ^a   Kakudo, Noriko ^a   Rikimaru, Shozo ^a   Sugawara, Tomohiro ^a   Yamada, Katsura ^b   Satoh, Tatsuyuki ^a   Yano, Mitsushi ^a   Tamate, Eiichi ^a   Miura, Masaetsu ^a   Ikeda, Hidetoshi ^a   Kimura, Tokihisa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Furukawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic hypocortisolism; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prednisolone; Transsphenoidal biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; GRANULOMA, GIANT CELL; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035462278     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.915     Document Type: Article

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