Acromegaly in a patient with normal pituitary gland and somatotropic adenoma located in the sphenoid sinus

Endokrynologia Polska

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-351

  Kurowska, Maria ^a   Tarach, Jerzy S ^a   Zgliczyński, Wojciech ^b   Malicka, Joanna ^a   Zieliński, Grzegorz ^c   Janczarek, Marzena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

^c MILITARY INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Ectopic somatotropic adenoma; Sphenoid sinus

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; LONG ACTING DRUG; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR 3; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR 5;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COARSE FACE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL APPROACH; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 54749126954     PISSN: 0423104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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