Unusual orbital invasion by a giant prolactinoma

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 971, 2008, Pages

  Siddiqui, A ^a   Chew, N ^a   Miszkiel, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABERGOLINE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEJA VU; EXOPHTHALMOS; GYNECOMASTIA; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT METASTASIS; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA; SKULL BASE; BLOOD; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; ORBIT TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; RETINA VEIN;

ADULT; EXOPHTHALMOS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; PROLACTINOMA; RETINAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55249093869     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/98771490     Document Type: Article

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