Ectopic suprasellar growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Guerrero, Carlos A ^a   Krayenbühl, Niklaus ^a   Husain, Muhammad ^b   Krisht, Ali F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Ectopic; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADENOMA; CHORISTOMA; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CHORISTOMA; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; HUMANS; MALE; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 35948950609     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000298921.47495.42     Document Type: Article

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