Small cell lung cancer metastasis in the pituitary gland presenting with seizures and headache

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 420-422

  Fridley, J ^a   Adams, G ^a   Rao, V ^a   Patel, A ^a   Humphries, W ^a   Goodman, C ^a   Gopinath, S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metastases; Paraneoplastic; Pituitary; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS METASTASIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SEIZURE; SPINE METASTASIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SEIZURES; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SMOKING;

EID: 79551570611     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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