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Revision as of 16:29, 17 December 2015
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Michael Maddaleni, B.S.; Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Overview
Classification
Pituitary tumors can be classified according to their pathological characteristics.
| Pituitary tumor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anterior Pituitary Gland Tumors | Posterior Pituitary Gland Tumors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prolactinoma | Corticotroph adenoma | somatotroph adenomas | thyrotroph adenomas | Lymphoma | Miscellaneous | {{{ C07 }}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Follicular variant
Tall cell Diffuse sclerosing Encapsulated Columnar | Minimally invasive Overtly invasive | Small cell Giant cell | Sarcoma
Lymphoma Squamous cell carcinoma Mucoepidermoid carcinoma Plasma cell tumors Direct extension Kidney Melanoma Colon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||