Ectopic growth hormone-releasing adenoma in the cavernous sinus - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 380-385

  Mitsuya, Koichi ^a   Nakasu, Yoko ^a   Nioka, Hirofumi ^b   Nakasu, Satoshi ^c  

^a SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b Yasu Hospital   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Ectopic tumor; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA, ACIDOPHIL; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3843056621     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.44.380     Document Type: Article

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