Solitary fibrous tumor of the Sella mimicking pituitary adenoma: An uncommon tumor in a rare location - A case report

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-61

  Furlanetto, Tania Weber ^a   Pinheiro, Cláudio Faria Pitta ^b   Oppitz, Paulo Petry ^b   De Alencastro, Luiz Carlos ^b   Asa, Sylvia L ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL MOINHOS DE VENTO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Diabetes insipidus; Optic chiasm; Sella turcica; Solitary fibrous tumor

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMOPRESSIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEVOTHYROXINE; PROTEIN BCL 2; TESTOSTERONE; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MICROSURGERY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; VISUAL DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FISTULA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NEUROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SELLA TURCICA;

ADULT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEUROGENIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FISTULA; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SELLA TURCICA; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66349108736     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-009-9063-5     Document Type: Article

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