Combined sellar fibrosarcorna and prolactinoma with neuronal metaplasia: Report of a case unassociated with radiotherapy

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-158

  Moro, Mario ^a   Giannini, Caterina ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a,d   Lloyd, Ricardo V ^a   Restall, Paul ^b   Eagleton, Carl ^b   Law, Andrew J ^b   Kovacs, Kalman ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Dept of Pathol and Lab Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Pituitary adenoma neuronal choristoma (PANCH); Pituitary fibrosarcoma; Prolactin cell adenoma with neuronal metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IRRADIATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METAPLASIA; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FATALITY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NERVOUS TISSUE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METAPLASIA; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1; NERVE TISSUE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA;

EID: 4444382356     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:15:2:149     Document Type: Article

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