Central diabetes insipidus: Is it langerhans cell histiocytosis of the pituitary stalk? A diagnostic pitfall

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 363-366

  Prosch, Helmut ^a   Grois, Nicole ^a   Bökkerink, Jos ^b   Prayer, Daniela ^c   Leuschner, Ivo ^d   Minkov, Milen ^a   Gadner, Helmut ^a,e  

^a CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Austria)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central diabetes insipidus; Germinoma; Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PREDNISONE; TUMOR MARKER; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY; CHILD; DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEUROGENIC; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 32044453827     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20027     Document Type: Article

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