Triple pituitary adenoma in Cushing's disease: case report
| Autor: | D. Rologis, George Kontogeorgos, E Pantelia, G Piaditis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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endocrine system
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Pituitary gland endocrine system diseases Adenoma medicine.medical_treatment Neoplasms Multiple Primary Cushing syndrome Pituitary adenoma medicine Humans Pituitary Neoplasms Prolactinoma Cushing Syndrome Transsphenoidal surgery business.industry Cushing's disease Middle Aged medicine.disease Prolactin Adenoma Basophil medicine.anatomical_structure Surgery Female Neurology (clinical) Corticotropic cell business hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists |
| Zdroj: | Acta neurochirurgica. 140(2) |
| ISSN: | 0001-6268 |
| Popis: | A case of a triple pituitary adenoma identified in a surgically removed pituitary gland from a 52-year-old woman operated on for Cushing's disease is presented. The histology revealed 3 distinctly separate microadenomas, 1 corticotroph and 2 immunoreactive for prolactin (PRL). The latter were apparently silent, since the serum PRL levels were within normal range. The problems associated with the inability to identify multiple adenomas pre-operatively and the possible failure of selective transsphenoidal adenomectomy in case of multiple adenomas are emphasised. |
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