Pituitary adenoma with craniopharyngioma component

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1189-1193

  Gokden, Murat ^a   Mrak, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision tumor; Composite neoplasm; Craniopharyngioma; Pituitary adenoma; Squamous nest

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADENOMA; BETA CATENIN; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 67650383459     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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