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A Lifelong Smoker with Hypopituitarism: Rethinking the Hypothesis of a Tumor in the Hypophysis

Pituitary adenomas are the most common cause of a sellar mass. Metastases to the pituitary gland, a rare occurrence, may mimic benign pituitary adenomas. We report here a case of a 61-year-old woman with an 80-pack-year smoking history who presented with headache and diplopia. Visual field testing d...

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Autores principales: Mathioudakis, Nestoras, Quinones-Hinojosa, Alfredo, Salvatori, Roberto, Basaria, Shehzad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3347466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22577392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/853568

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