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7921420

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
Three cases of a composite sellar tumour composed of a gangliocytoma and an adenoma are presented. Two patients who showed acromegaly and hyperprolactinaemia had a gangliocytoma and a growth hormone (GH)-prolactin cell adenoma in close proximity. The gangliocytoma contained growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) by immunohistochemistry. At the electron microscopical level, the gangliocytoma was characterized by numerous synaptic vesicles. The third patient, a child with Cushing's disease, presented a corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)-positive gangliocytoma in close contact with an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secreting adenoma, the latter a typical densely granulated ACTH cell adenoma. Ultrastructurally, the gangliocytoma revealed synaptic vesicles and sparse secretory granules. The results suggest that gangliocytomas may promote the development of pituitary adenomas by hypersecretion of releasing hormones. Whereas 20 cases of sellar GHRH producing gangliocytomas in acromegaly are reported in the literature, the combination of a CRH-positive gangliocytoma and an ACTH cell adenoma in Cushing's disease is apparently the first case.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0945-6317
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
425
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
93-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Combined sellar gangliocytoma and pituitary adenoma in acromegaly or Cushing's disease. A report of 3 cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurosurgical Department, University of Hamburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports