Clinicopathologic correlations of silent corticotroph adenomas of the pituitary: Report of four cases and literature review

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 457-464

  Sahli, Rahel ^a   Christ, Emanuel R ^a   Seiler, Rolf ^a   Kappeler, Andreas ^b   Vajtai, Istvan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ACTH; Immunohistochemistry; Nonfunctioning adenoma; Pituitary; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUSHING SYNDROME; CYST; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; SILENT CORTICOTROPH ADENOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 33646505322     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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