Nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasis to the pituitary gland: A case report and literature review

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-90

  Brandon Gunn, G ^a,c   Villa, Ruben D ^b   Sedler, Ross R ^b   Hardwicke, Fred ^b   Fornari, Gianluigi A ^a   Mark, Rufus J ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University Medical Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous stem cell transplant; Central nervous system; Epstein Barr virus; In situ hybridization; Metastasis; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

AMIFOSTINE; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; IFOSFAMIDE; RNA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS METASTASIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NASAL BIOPSY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SYMPTOM; TONSILLECTOMY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 4344569117     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEON.0000024750.93572.ce     Document Type: Article

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