Ectopic pituitary adenoma located at the pituitary stalk: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-29

  Peker, S ^a,b   Sun, I ^a   Kurtkaya Yapicier, O ^a   Elmaci, I ^a   Pamir, M N ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ectopic adenoma; Pars tuberalis; Prolactinoma; Suprasellar neoplasms

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; INFUNDIBULUM; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROLACTINOMA;

ADULT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA;

EID: 23844511543     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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