A case of prolactin-secreting pituitary carcinoma and its histological findings

Brain Tumor Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 149-154

  Noda, Masayuki ^a   Suzuki, Ryuta ^a   Moriya, Masao ^a   Itokawa, Hiroshi ^a   Asai, Jun Ichiro ^a   Nagashima, Goro ^a   Fujimoto, Tsukasa ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malignant prolactinoma; Metastatic pituitary adenoma; Pituitary carcinoma; Prolactin secreting adenoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBELLUM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS CARCINOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METASTASIS; MITOSIS; POLYCHROMASIA; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RARE DISEASE; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; PROLACTINOMA;

EID: 13244299248     PISSN: 14337398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02482191     Document Type: Article

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