Coexistence of a pituitary macroadenoma and multicentric paraganglioma: A strange coincidence

Endocrinologia y Nutricion

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 154-156

  Varsavsky, Mariela ^a   Sebastián Ochoa, Arántzazu ^b   Torres Vela, Elena ^c  

^a Hospital Sant Pau i Santa Tecla   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMORBIDITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; PITUITARY MACROADENOMA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADENOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PARAGANGLIOMA; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84875085430     PISSN: 15750922     EISSN: 15792021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.endonu.2012.02.009     Document Type: Letter

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