Co-localization of honeycomb Golgi and ACTH granules in a giant ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-243

  Kim, Kyongsong ^a,c   Yamada, Shozo ^a   Usui, Masaaki ^a   Sano, Toshiaki ^b  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c University of Tokushima ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Co localization; Cushing's disease; Electron microscopic inspection; Honeycomb golgi; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; SPHENOID SINUS; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 28044459210     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:16:3:239     Document Type: Article

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