Corticotroph pituitary carcinoma: Case report and literature review

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 329-341

  Holthouse, David J ^a   Robbins, Peter D ^b   Kahler, Richard ^a   Knuckey, Neville ^a   Pullan, Peter ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticotroph; Crooke's hyaline change; Cushing's disease; Metastases; Pituitary carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035694114     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:12:3:329     Document Type: Article

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