Tumors Metastatic to the Pituitary Gland: Case Report and Literature Review

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 574-580

  Komninos, John ^a   Vlassopoulou, Varvara ^a   Protopapa, Despina ^a   Korfias, Stefanos ^b   Kontogeorgos, George ^c   Sakas, Damianos E ^b   Thalassinos, Nicolas C ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NIFEDIPINE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN;

TURCICA;

EID: 1442352287     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-030395     Document Type: Conference Paper

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