Giant invasive pituitary adenoma extending into the sphenoid sinus and nasopharynx: Report of a case with intraoperative cytologic diagnosis

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 452-456

  Inagawa, Hatsumi ^a   Ishizawa, Keisuke ^a   Mitsuhashi, Tomoko ^a   Shimizu, Michio ^a   Adachi, Jun Ichi ^a   Nishikawa, Ryo ^a   Matsutani, Masao ^a   Hirose, Takanori ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraoperative period; Pituitary adenoma; Prolactin secreting; Squash cytology

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENINGIOMA; NASOPHARYNX; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

TURCICA;

EID: 22444447869     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326184     Document Type: Article

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