Giant, Solid, Invasive Prolactinoma in a Prepubescent Boy With Gynecomastia

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-74

  Furtado, Sunil V ^a   Saikiran, Narayanam A ^a   Ghosal, Nandita ^a   Hegde, Alangar S ^a  

^a SRI SATHYA SAI INSTITUTE OF HIGHER MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; PREDNISOLONE; PROLACTIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; GYNECOMASTIA; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOMASTIA; HORMONES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; PUBERTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 71149099114     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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