Pituitary tumor

Revision as of 21:45, 16 December 2015 by Ammu Susheela (talk | contribs)
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For patient information click here 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. The following variants can be distinguished (distribution over various subtypes may show regional variation):

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pituitary tumor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anterior Pituitary Gland Tumors
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Posterior Pituitary Gland Tumors
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
{{{v }}}
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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