A case of lymphocytic hypophysitis mimicking pituitary macroadenoma

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 971-977

  Yamaguchi, Shigeru ^a,b   Kato, Tsutomu ^a   Takeda, Makoto ^a   Anzai, Jiichi ^a   Ikeda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a Hakodate Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary macroadenoma; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPHYSITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RARE DISEASE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 26644438105     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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