Ectopic hyperprolactinaemia in a woman with a mesocolic perivascular epithelioid cell tumor ("PEComa")

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-243

  Proust Lemoine, E ^a   Mitchell, V ^a   Deruelle, P ^a   Lamblin, A ^a   Neraud B ^b   Leroy, X ^a   Leteurtre, E ^a   Dewailly, D ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ectopic; PEComa; Prolactin; Secretion; Tumor

Indexed keywords

HORMONE ANTIBODY; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOCOLON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PELVIS SURGERY; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 45249114625     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ando.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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