Ectopic intracavernous sinus adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting microadenoma: Could this be a common cause of failed transsphenoidal surgery in Cushing disease? Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1312-1317

  Kim, Louis J ^b   Klopfenstein, Jeffrey D ^b   Cheng, Ming ^b   Nagul, Murugasu ^b   Coons, Stephen ^b   Fredenberg, Christina ^b   Brachman, David G ^b   White, William L ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Cushing disease; Microadenoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN RADIATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037512509     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.6.1312     Document Type: Article

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