Pulmonary atypical carcinoid tumor with metastatic involvement of the pituitary gland causing functional hypopituitarism

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-295

  Jonnakuty, Catherine G ^a   Mezitis, Spyros G E ^b  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

CARCINOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPITUITARISM; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447575018     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.13.3.291     Document Type: Article

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