Acromegaly secondary to an incidentally discovered growth-hormone-releasing hormone secreting bronchial carcinoid tumour associated to a pituitary incidentaloma

Pituitary

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-292

  Verrua, E ^a   Ronchi, C L ^a   Ferrante, E ^a   Ferrari, D I ^a   Bergamaschi, S ^a   Ferrero, S ^b   Zatelli, M C ^c   Branca, V ^a   Spada, A ^a   Beck Peccoz, P ^a   Lania, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Carcinoid tumour; Pituitary incidentaloma

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MACROGLOSSIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PITUITARY INCIDENTALOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACROMEGALY; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955924045     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-008-0146-y     Document Type: Article

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