Cushing disease caused by an ectopic intracavernous pituitary microadenoma: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 424-426

  Hamon, Michèle ^a   Coffin, Christine ^a   Courthéoux, Patrick ^a   Théron, Jacques ^a   Reznik, Yves ^a  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

'CURRENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONES; CASE REPORTS; LOCALISATION; PERFORMANCE; PITUITARY ADENOMA;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADENOMA; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHORISTOMA; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; REVIEW; SECRETION;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHORISTOMA; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037741050     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200305000-00021     Document Type: Article

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