Primary pituitary lymphoma presenting as hypophysitis

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 543-549

  Huang, Yu Yao ^a   Lin, Shu Fu ^a   Dunn, Po ^a   Wai, Yu Yu ^a   Hsueh, Chuen ^a   Tsai, Jir Shiong ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Sun Yat Sen Cancer Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fever of unknown origin; Hypopituitarism; Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Systemic lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CELL INFILTRATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS LYMPHOMA; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOMA; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; SELLA TURCICA; STEROID THERAPY; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE;

FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27744566895     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.52.543     Document Type: Article

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