A case of pleomorphic TSH-producing pituitary adenoma with calcification

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 961-967

  Yamaguchi, Suguru ^a,b   Sasajima, Toshio ^a   Takahashi, Masataka ^a   Kinouchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Suzuki, Akira ^a   Yoshioka, Naomi ^b   Itoh, Seiki ^b   Mizoi, Kazuo ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcification; Pituitary adenoma; Pleomorphism; TSH

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA;

ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; ADULT; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 7044224774     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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