Management of Cushing's disease using cavernous sinus sampling: Effectiveness in tumor lateralization

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-338

  Gazioglu, Nurperi ^a   Ulu, Mustafa Onur ^a   Ozlen, Fatma ^a   Albayram, Sait ^a   Islak, Civan ^a   Kocer, Naci ^a   Oz, Buge ^a   Tanriover, Necmettin ^a   Yetkin, Demet Ozgil ^a   Gundogdu, Sadi ^a   Acbay, Ozer ^a   Kadioglu, Pinar ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Cavernous sinus sampling; Cushing's disease; MRI; Pituitary tumor; Surgery; Venous sampling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REMISSION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PETROSAL SINUS SAMPLING; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 41149097457     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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