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Clinicopathological Conference Carcinoma of the Pituitary Gland with Metastases to Bone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

S.T. Myles*
Affiliation:
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Radiology and Pathology. Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
R.D. Johns
Affiliation:
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Radiology and Pathology. Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
B. Curry
Affiliation:
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Radiology and Pathology. Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
*
701, 3031 Hospital Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T8
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Abstract:

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The diagnosis of extracranial metastases from a pituitary tumor was confirmed by the use of the immunoperoxidase technique. This is believed to be the first case of carcinoma of the pituitary gland with bony metastases where the diagnosis has been confirmed in that manner.

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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1984

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