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Klin Padiatr 2014; 226(06/07): 377-378
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1354389
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Reactive Pituitary Enlargement Mimicking a Sellar Mass

Reaktive Hypertrophie der Hirnanhangdrüse als Differenzialdiagnose einer sellären Raumforderung
A. S. Sterkenburg
1   University Medical Center (UMCG), University of Groningen, Netherlands
,
C. Niekrens
2   Department of Pediatrics, Klinikum Delmenhorst, Germany
,
A. Hoffmann
3   Department of Pediatrics, Klinikum Oldenburg, Germany
,
M. Warmuth-Metz
4   Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
,
J. Flitsch
5   Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
,
H. L. Müller
3   Department of Pediatrics, Klinikum Oldenburg, Germany
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24 October 2013 (online)

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Key words

sellar mass - pituitary hyperplasia - primary thyroiditis - brain tumor - pediatric neurooncology

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selläre Raumforderung - Hirnanhangdrüse - pädiatrische Neuroonkologie - Hirntumor - Thyreopathie
 

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