Giant pituitary macroadenoma at the age of 4 months: Case report and review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 290-294

  Siddiqui, Arshad A ^a   Bashir, Saad H ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Complications in Cushing disease; Cushing disease; Pituitary adenoma; Tumors in infancy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CRANIOTOMY; CUSHING DISEASE; DEATH; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOON FACE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTH-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; ADENOMA; AGE OF ONSET; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33644551839     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1179-4     Document Type: Review

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