Crooke's hyalinization in silent corticotroph adenoma: Report of two cases

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-249

  Roncaroli, Federico ^a   Faustini Fustini, Marco ^a   Mauri, Francesco ^b   Asioli, Sofia ^a   Frank, Giorgio ^a  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale SS Trinita   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crooke's hyalinization; Silent corticotroph adenoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CROOKE HYALINIZATION; CUSHING DISEASE; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALIN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATINS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12244256071     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:13:3:245     Document Type: Article

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