Successful treatment of Cushing's disease caused by ectopic intracavernous microadenoma

Pituitary

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-298

  Koizumi, Mitsuteru ^a   Usui, Takeshi ^a   Yamada, Shozo ^b   Fujisawa, Ichiro ^c   Tsuru, Tsunehisa ^a   Nanba, Kazutaka ^a   Hagiwara, Hanae ^a   Kimura, Takashi ^a   Tamanaha, Tamiko ^a   Tagami, Tetsuya ^a   Naruse, Mitsuhide ^a   Shimatsu, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Kishiwada City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cushing's disease; Ectopic; Intracavernous sinus; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CUSHING DISEASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION;

EID: 80053906191     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-008-0156-9     Document Type: Article

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