Hypopituitarism and Diabetes Insipidus with Localized Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis (Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome) Associated with Hashimoto Thyroiditis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 327, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-43

  Yamakita, Noriyoshi ^a   Hanamoto, Takayuki ^a   Muraoka, Noriaki ^a   Ikeda, Tsuneko ^a   Hirata, Toshifumi ^a   Yasuda, Keigo ^b   Sano, Toshiaki ^c  

^a Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cranial nerve palsy; Hypothyroidism; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LOXOPROFEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; THYROID HORMONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOPITUITARISM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ORBIT; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TOLOSA HUNT SYNDROME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0346374652     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200401000-00008     Document Type: Article

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