Germ cell tumor presenting as sellar mass with suprasellar extension and long history of hypopituitarism

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-309

  De Pinho, Leandro Kasuki Jomori ^a,b   Neto, Leonardo Vieira ^a   Cardão Chimelli, Leila Maria ^a   Gasparetto, Emerson Leandro ^a   Warszawski, Leila ^b   Do Souto, Antônio Aversa Dutra ^a   Gadelha, Mônica R ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Estadual de Diabetes e Endocrinologia Luiz Capriglione   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diabetes insipidus; Germ cell tumor; Hypopituitarism; Sellar mass

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEVOTHYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMIANOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; COMPLICATION; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SELLA TURCICA; YOUNG ADULT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955438331     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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