Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma of the pituitary

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 233-238

  Massier, Anamaria ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^b   Taylor, Harris C ^c   Clark, Christopher ^a   Llerena, Luis ^a  

^a FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Panhypopituitarism; Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma; Sellar sarcoma

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LABORATORY TEST; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA;

ARTHRITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 40849147399     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-007-9010-2     Document Type: Article

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