Pituitary carcinoma diagnosed on fine needle aspiration: Report of a case and review of pathogenesis

CytoJournal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Yakoushina, Tatiana ^a   Lavi, Ehud ^a   Hoda, R ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; pathogenesis; pituitary adenoma; pituitary carcinoma

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY;

EID: 77956607109     PISSN: 09745963     EISSN: 17426413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1742-6413.67108     Document Type: Article

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