A pitfall in diagnosing Cushing’s disease: ectopic ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma in the sphenoid sinus

Pituitary

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 279-282

  Flitsch, J ^a   Schmid, S M ^b   Bernreuther, C ^a   Winterberg, B ^c   Ritter, M M ^d   Lehnert, H ^b   Burkhardt, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c Institute of Neuropathology University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf ^*  (Germany)

^d HELIOS Hospital Berlin Buch   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cushing s disease; Ectopic pituitary adenoma; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ACTH-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; ADENOMA; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHORISTOMA; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PETROSAL SINUS SAMPLING; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SPHENOID SINUS;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ACTH-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; ADENOMA; BIOPSY; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PETROSAL SINUS SAMPLING; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 84939890127     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-014-0591-8     Document Type: Article

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