An Aberrant ACTH-producing Ectopic Pituitary Adenoma in the Sphenoid Sinus

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-103

  Suzuki, Jiro ^a   Otsuka, Fumio ^a   Ogura, Toshio ^a   Kishida, Masayuki ^a   Takeda, Masaya ^a   Tamiya, Takashi ^a   Nishioka, Tatsuya ^b   Tanaka, Yasushi ^b   Hashimoto, Kozo ^b   Makino, Hirofumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH); Cushing's disease; Cushing's syndrome; Ectopic ACTH syndrome; Gel filtration analysis; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING DISEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPHENOID SINUS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 12144285938     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.51.97     Document Type: Article

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