A nonfunctioning suprasellar ectopic pituitary adenoma. A case report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1121-1125

  So, Gohei ^a   Takeshita, Tomoki ^a   Morofuji, Yoichi ^a   Iseki, Masachika ^b   Hayashi, Tomayoshi ^a   Matsuo, Takayuki ^a   Suyama, Kazuhiko ^a   Nagata, Izumi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sasebo Kyosai Hospital

Author keywords

Ectopic pituitary adenoma; Nonfunctioning; Pituitary stalk; Suprasellar tumor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; NONFUNCTIONING SUPRASELLAR ECTOPIC PITUITARY ADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADENOMA; CHORISTOMA; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57749171157     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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