A double pituitary adenoma presenting as a prolactinsecreting tumor with partial response to medical therapy

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-138

  Coiré, Claire I ^a   Smyth, Harley S ^a   Rosso, Dominic ^a   Horvath, Eva ^b   Kovacs, Kalman ^b  

^a Trillium Health Centre Missassauga   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Double pituitary adenoma; Medical therapy failure in prolactinoma

Indexed keywords

CABERGOLINE; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ERGOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GONADOTROPH ADENOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; ADENOMA; BREAST TUMOR; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; SECOND CANCER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ERGOLINES; GONADOTROPHS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROLACTINOMA;

EID: 77955861808     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-009-9104-0     Document Type: Article

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