Endoscopic transsphenoidal excision of a GH-PRL-secreting pituitary macroadenoma in a patient with McCuneAlbright syndrome

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-106

  Natarajan, Manikandan S ^a   Prabhu, Krishna ^a   Chacko, Geeta ^a   Rajaratnam, Simon ^a   Chacko, Ari G ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery; Fibrous dysplasia; Growth hormone secreting pituitary adenoma; McCuneAlbright syndrome

Indexed keywords

CABERGOLINE; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXCISION; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856609830     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2011.591852     Document Type: Article

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