Long-term survival with non-functioning pituitary carcinoma - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 475-478

  Koyama, Junji ^a,c   Ikeda, Koji ^a   Shose, Yoshiteru ^a   Kimura, Mitsuru ^a   Obora, Yoshiro ^a   Kohmura, Eiji ^b  

^a Nishiwaki Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Akashi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dural metastasis; MIB 1 index; Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FOLLITROPIN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35649025766     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.475     Document Type: Article

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