Concurrent lymphocytic hypophysitis and pituitary adenoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 309-314

  Moskowitz, Shaye I ^a   Hamrahian, Amir ^a   Prayson, Richard A ^a   Pineyro, Mercedes ^a   Lorenz, Robert R ^a   Weil, Robert J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; CD45; Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; MULTIVITAMIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MICROSCOPY; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULL CELL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 33747297545     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.2.309     Document Type: Article

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