Composite pituitary adenoma and craniopharyngioma?: An unusual sellar neoplasm with divergent differentiation

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1736-1741

  Yoshida, Akihiko ^a   Sen, Chandranath ^b   Asa, Sylvia L ^c   Rosenblum, Marc K ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite tumor; Craniopharyngioma; Metaplasia; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; ADENOMA; ADULT; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; METABOLISM; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SECRETION;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 56149089264     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181753abd     Document Type: Article

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