Corticotropinoma as a Component of Carney Complex. [PDF]
, 2017 Known germline gene abnormalities cause one-fifth of the pituitary adenomas in children and adolescents, but, in contrast with other pituitary tumor types, the genetic causes of corticotropinomas are largely unknown.
Chittiboina, Prashant +11 more
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BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2021 Background Pituitary adenomas are benign brain tumors that cause considerable morbidity and neurological symptoms. SOX9 as a regulatory transcriptional mediator affects normal and tumor cell growth with an undefined role in pituitary adenomas ...
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Sellar plasmacytoma with massive bleeding during surgery
Cancer Treatment and Research Communications, 2022 Plasmacytoma in the sellar region is an extremely rare occurrence. Sellar plasmacytoma is often difficult to differentiate from pituitary tumors both clinically and radiologically.
Dong Hoon Lee +4 more
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A rare cause of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax: Birt-hogg-dube syndrome [PDF]
, 2018 Birt-Hogg-Dube (BHD) syndrome is an unusual disorder characterized by the triad of cutaneous lesions, renal tumors and lung cysts. In cases with BHD syndrome, the frequency of recurrent pneumothorax is increased due to presence of multiple lung cysts. It
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Pituitary tumors in patients with MEN1 syndrome
Clinics, 2012 We briefly review the characteristics of pituitary tumors associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 is an autosomal-dominant disorder most commonly characterized by tumors of the pituitary, parathyroid ...
Luis V. Syro +8 more
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Components of the canonical and non-canonical Wnt pathways are not mis-expressed in pituitary tumors. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 IntroductionCanonical and non-canonical Wnt pathways are involved in the genesis of multiple tumors; however, their role in pituitary tumorigenesis is mostly unknown.ObjectiveThis study evaluated gene and protein expression of Wnt pathways in pituitary ...
Leandro Machado Colli +7 more
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Pituitary metastasis of small cell lung cancer: Two case reports
Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports, 2021 Pituitary metastasis is a rare manifestation of systemic malignancy accounting for approximately 1% of all pituitary tumors. Breast and lung tumors are the most common primary sources of metastases, yet other sites such as the gastrointestinal tract ...
Beatriz Martinez Quintero +4 more
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Growth Hormone (GH)-Releasing Peptide Stimulation of GH Release from Human Somatotroph Adenoma Cells: Interaction with GH-Releasing Hormone, Thyrotropin- Releasing Hormone, and Octreotide. [PDF]
, 1994 The synthetic hexapeptide GH-releasing peptide (GHRP; His-D-Trp-Ala-Trp-D-Phe-Lys-NH2) specifically stimulates GH secretion in humans in vivo and in animals in vitro and in vivo via a still unknown receptor and mechanism.
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Gel chromatographic characterization of immunoreactive adrenocorticotropin in patients with ACTH hypersecretion [PDF]
, 1989 We investigated the molecular size of circulating immunoreactive ACTH by gel chromatography in patients with ACTH hypersecretion due to various disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
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Management of pituitary spindle cell oncocytomas: A case report and review of the literature
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2021 Pituitary spindle cell oncocytomas represent a rare pathologic entity within the differential diagnosis for pituitary tumors. As part of a class of tumors that includes low grade non-endocrine pituitary tumors such as pituicytomas and granular cell ...
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