Metastatic renal cell carcinoma mimicking pituitary adenoma -Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 418-422

  Liu, He ^a   Yamaki, Toshiaki ^a   Oka, Shin Ichi ^a   Koyanagi, Izumi ^a   Houkin, Kiyohiro ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Pituitary gland; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; RADIOTHERAPY; SELLA TURCICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24744433796     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.418     Document Type: Article

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