Folliculostellate cell tumor in pituitary gland

Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-80

  Hori, Satoshi ^a   Hayashi, Nakamasa ^a,b   Fukuoka, Junya ^a   Kurimoto, Masanori ^a   Hamada, Hideo ^a   Miyajima, Ken ^a   Nagai, Shoichi ^a   Endo, Shunro ^a  

^a TOYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Folliculostellate cell tumor; Hypophysitis; MRI; Pituitary tumor; Trans sphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GALECTIN 3; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE CELL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GALECTIN 3; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PLASMA CELLS; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, IGE; S100 PROTEINS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 58449121722     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2008.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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