Can radiation induce pituitary tumors? Giant prolactinoma after radiation exposure

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1287-1288

  Kurwale, Nilesh S ^a   Ahmad, Faiz Uddin ^a   Satyarthi, Gurudatt ^a   Suri, Ashish ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Pituitary adenoma; Radiation induced tumors; RISM

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53349168858     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.08.029     Document Type: Article

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