An unusual association of acromegaly and pituitary tuberculosis

Pituitary

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-106

  Bhadada, Sanjay ^a   Bhansali, Anil ^a   Nahar, Uma ^a   Reddy KS, Somashekara ^a   Pathak, Ashish ^a   Dutta, Pinaki ^a   Khandelwal, Niranjan ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Disseminated tuberculosis; Intrasellar tuberculoma; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PROLACTIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOMA;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 14944340171     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-005-5352-2     Document Type: Article

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