Xanthogranulomatous hypophysitis mimicking a pituitary neoplasm

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 351-357

  Yokoyama, Shunichi ^a   Sano, Toshiaki ^b   Tajitsu, Kenichiro ^a   Kusumoto, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a Nanpuh Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypophysitis; Pituitary; Xanthogranulomatous

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DELUSION; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HALLUCINATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; TISSUE NECROSIS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL DISORDER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XANTHOGRANULOMA; XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS HYPOPHYSITIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 13444273095     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:15:4:351     Document Type: Article

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