Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4132499 | Human Pathology | 2016 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryPituicytoma is a rare benign neoplasm arising in the sellar region, usually found in the posterior lobe and/or pituitary stalk. Here, we report the case of a 67-year-old woman who presented with bitemporal hemianopsia and visual impairment accompanied by mildly elevated prolactin. Pathologic and molecular examination of the tissue removed transsphenoidally revealed 2 distinct tumors: pituitary adenoma and pituicytoma. To the best of our knowledge, histologically proven pituicytoma and pituitary adenoma have never been reported together.
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Authors
Marian C. Neidert, Henning Leske, Jan-Karl Burkhardt, Spyros S. Kollias, David Capper, Daniel Schrimpf, Luca Regli, Elisabeth J. Rushing,