Silent corticotroph adenomas: Further clinical and pathological observations

Human Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1137-1147

  Lopez, John A ^a   Kleinschmidt Demasters, B K ^a   Sze, Chun I ^a   Woodmansee, Whitney W ^a   Lillehei, Kevin O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; adrenocorticoptropic hormone; adrenocorticotroph; adrenocorticotropic hormone; cortisol; Crooke's hyaline; electron microscopy; EM; follicle stimulating hormone; FSH; LH; luteinizing hormone; magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; PAS; pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL GRANULE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROLACTINOMA; SILENT CORTICOTROPH CELL PITUITARY ADENOMA;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; CALCITONIN; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4444383740     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2004.04.016     Document Type: Article

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