Xanthomatous pituitary lesions: A report of two cases and review of the literature

Pituitary

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-168

  Burt, Morton G ^a   Morey, Adrienne L ^a   Turner, Jenny J ^a   Pell, Malcolm ^a   Sheehy, John P ^a   Ho, Ken K Y ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pituitary; Xanthogranuloma of the sella; Xanthomatous hypophysitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHOLESTEROL; CORTISONE ACETATE; DESMOPRESSIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; SOMATOMEDIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FIBROSIS; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GIANT CELL; HEADACHE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING; XANTHOGRANULOMA; XANTHOMA;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 0742289512     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PITU.0000011177.43408.56     Document Type: Article

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