Natural course of incidentally found nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma, with special reference to pituitary apoplexy during follow-up examination

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 884-891

  Arita, Kazunori ^a   Tominaga, Atsushi ^b   Sugiyama, Kazuhiko ^b   Eguchi, Kuniki ^b   Iida, Koji ^b   Sumida, Masayuki ^b   Migita, Keisuke ^b   Kurisu, Kaoru ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Incidentaloma; Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary apoplexy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPITUITARISM; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; SPHENOID; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; VISION;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33744748295     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.6.884     Document Type: Article

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