Ectopic pituitary adenoma in the cavernous sinus causing oculomotor nerve paresis: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 399-403

  Hata, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Inoue, Tooru ^a   Katsuta, Toshiro ^a   Iwaki, Toru ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone secreting adenoma; Cavernous sinus; Ectopic pituitary adenoma; Empty sella; Oculomotor nerve paresis; Silent corticotroph adenoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING DISEASE; DURA MATER; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; RADIOSURGERY; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0041819516     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.399     Document Type: Article

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