Pituitary carcinoma as a cause of acromegaly [5]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 1645-1646

  Le Roux, C W ^a   Mulla, A ^a   Meeran, K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; ANGIOPEPTIN; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LETTER; METASTASIS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035969490     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200111293452216     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Biochemical cure of recurrent acromegaly by resection of cervical spine canal metastases
2. Remission of acromegaly caused by pituitary carcinoma after surgical excision of growth hormone-secreting metastasis detected by 111-indium pentetreotide scan