Lymphoma metastasizing to the pituitary: An unusual presentation of a treatable disease

Pituitary

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-146

  Ogilvie, C Megan ^a   Payne, Sarah ^a   Evanson, Jane ^a   Lister, T Andrew ^a   Grossman, Ashley B ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Lymphoma; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DESMOPRESSIN; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; TESTOSTERONE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENAL BIOPSY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644544787     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-005-4535-1     Document Type: Article

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