Pituitary blastoma: A unique embryonal tumor

Pituitary

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-373

  Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Horvath, E ^b   Abel, T W ^c   Robital, Y ^d   Park, S H ^e   Osamura, R Y ^f   Deal, C ^d   Lloyd, R V ^g   Kovacs, K ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital   (Japan)

^g University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Cushing disease; Folliculostellate cells; Immunohistochemistry; Pituitary blastoma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CHROMOGRANIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; KERATIN; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; THYROID HORMONE;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANTIBODY LABELING; BLASTEMA; BLASTOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CHILD; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLICULOSTELLATE CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PITUITARY BLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECRETORY CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTH-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; ADENOMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84867396555     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-011-0328-x     Document Type: Review

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