Acromegaly due to an ectopic pituitary adenoma in the clivus: Case report and review of literature

Pituitary

Volumn 15, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Appel, Julia Goulart ^a   Bergsneider, Marvin ^a   Vinters, Harry ^a   Salamon, Noriko ^a   Wang, Marilene B ^a   Heaney, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Clivus; Ectopic pituitary adenoma; Ectopic somatotropic adenoma

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROXINE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLIVUS; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DISEASE DURATION; ECTOPIC PITUITARY ADENOMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MYALGIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNATHIA; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL FIELD; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; REVIEW;

ACROMEGALY; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84877122364     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-011-0345-9     Document Type: Article

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