A case of apoplectic lymphocytic hypophysitis complicated by polymyalgia rheumatica

Rheumatology International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 215-218

  Tanaka, Yasuko ^a   Hirao, Tomohito ^a   Tsutsumi, Keisuke ^a   Miyashita, Taiichiro ^a   Izumi, Yasumori ^a   Mihara, Yumi ^a   Ito, Masahiro ^a   Baba, Hiroshi ^a   Migita, Kiysohi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypopituitarism; Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Pituitary apoplexy; Polymyalgia rheumatica

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANOREXIA; APOPLECTIC LYMPHOCYTIC HYPOPHYSITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; JOINT SWELLING; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; XANTHOCHROMIA;

AGED; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY GLAND; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872279316     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1535-x     Document Type: Article

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