Follicular thyroid cancer presenting as a sellar mass: Case report and review of the literature

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-66

  Simon, Nicole ^a   Quyyumi, Shahed A ^b   Rothman, Jeffrey G ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SELLA TURCICA; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SELLA TURCICA; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242882865     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.10.1.62     Document Type: Article

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