Patterns of extrasellar extension in growth hormone-secreting and nonfunctional pituitary macroadenomas

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Zada, Gabriel ^a   Lin, Ning ^a   Laws Jr , Edward R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Clivus; Growth hormone; Invasion; Pituitary adenoma; Sella turcica; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CAVERNOUS SINUS; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SECRETION; SELLA TURCICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; CAVERNOUS SINUS; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SELLA TURCICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 78049426062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.7.FOCUS10155     Document Type: Article

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