Symptomatic metastases to the pituitary infundibulum resulting from primary breast cancer

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-194

  Kurkjian, Carla ^a   Armor, Jess F ^a   Kamble, Rammurti ^a   Ozer, Howard ^a   Kharfan Dabaja, Mohamed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diabetes insipidus; Infundibulum metastasis; Pituitary stalk metastasis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NAVELBINE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; INFUNDIBULUM; LUNG CANCER; METASTASIS; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; STOMACH CANCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 21644450862     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-004-0458-5     Document Type: Review

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