Diabetes insipidus and panhypopituitarism revealing pituitary metastasis of small cell lung carcinoma: A case report

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 66, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 117-120

  Harzallah, L ^a   Migaw, H ^b   Harzallah, F ^c   Kraiem, Ch ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Pituitary; Small cell lung carcinoma

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GADOLINIUM; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIPLOPIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS METASTASIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 17844407418     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4266(05)81708-1     Document Type: Article

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