Clinical recurrence of surgically treated hypercortisolism without evidence of tumoral regrowth of the removed pituitary corticotrophic adenoma. Indication of holosellar radiation induced hypophysectomy?;Les récurrences cliniques de la maladie de Cushing sans récidive tumorale documentée: Hypophysectomie radique

Neurochirurgie

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3 II, 2002, Pages 281-284

  Estour, B ^a   Duthel, R ^a   Mounier, Ch ^a  

^a SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Corticotropic pituitary adenoma; Cushing's disease; Radiotherapy; Recurrent hypercortisolism; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RADIOSURGERY; SELLA TURCICA; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPITUITARISM; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PITUITARY IRRADIATION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; REMISSION INDUCTION; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18144433614     PISSN: 00283770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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