Severe hyperprolactinemia associated with internal carotid artery aneurysm: Differential diagnosis between prolactinoma and hypothalamic-pituitary disconnection

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1189-1193

  Duarte, Felipe Henning Gaia ^a,b   Machado, Marcio Carlos ^a,b   De Lima, Joilma Rodrigues ^a   Salgado, Luiz Roberto ^b  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis of pituitary tumor; Hyperprolactinemia; Hypothalamicpituitary disconnection; Internal carotid artery aneurysm; Prolactinoma

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROLACTINOMA;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; PROLACTINOMA;

EID: 58149189411     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302008000700017     Document Type: Article

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