Acromegaly with negative pituitary MRI and no evidence of ectopic source: The role of transphenoidal pituitary exploration?

Pituitary

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 414-417

  Daud, Sameera ^a   Hamrahian, Amir H ^b   Weil, Robert J ^b   Hamaty, Marwan ^b   Prayson, Richard A ^b   Olansky, Leann ^b  

^a Cleveland Clinic ^*  (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Growth hormone; MRI negative; Pituitary microadenoma; Transsphenoidal pituitary exploration

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTURE; FATIGUE; FRONTAL BOSSING; GOITER; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HEART PALPITATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80053900544     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-009-0205-z     Document Type: Article

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