Spontaneous remission of Cushing's disease after disappearance of a microadenoma attached to the pituitary stalk

Pituitary

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-49

  Pignatta, Analía B ^a   Díaz, Adriana G ^a   Gómez, Reynaldo M ^a   Bruno, Oscar D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cushing's disease; Pituitary stalk microadenoma

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING DISEASE; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; INFUNDIBULUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 5544322201     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PITU.0000044626.25624.48     Document Type: Article

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