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Pituitary gland basophil adenoma

MedGen UID:
1746
•Concept ID:
C0001431
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Adenoma, Basophil; Adenoma, Basophilic; Adenomas, Basophil; Adenomas, Basophilic; Basophil Adenoma; Basophil Adenomas; Basophilic Adenoma; Basophilic Adenomas
SNOMED CT: Basophil adenoma (9436005); Mucoid cell adenoma (9436005)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006673

Definition

An epithelial neoplasm of the anterior pituitary gland in which the neoplastic cells stain positive with basic dyes. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPituitary gland basophil adenoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment of Nelson's syndrome by pituitary implantation of yttrium-90 or gold-198.
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Br Med J 1976 Jul 31;2(6030):269-72. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6030.269. PMID: 182313Free PMC Article
Stereotaxic diagnosis and treatment of intracranial tumors including an initial experience with cryosurgery for pinealomas.
Conway LW
J Neurosurg 1973 Apr;38(4):453-60. doi: 10.3171/jns.1973.38.4.0453. PMID: 4348746
Progress report on the treatment of Cushing's disease.
Linfoot JA, Lawrence JH, Tobias CA, Born JL, Chong CY, Lyman JT, Manougian E
Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 1970;81:196-212. PMID: 4330035Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Gamma Knife radiosurgery as a primary surgical treatment for hypersecreting pituitary adenomas.
Zhang N, Pan L, Dai J, Wang B, Wang E, Zhang W, Cai P
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2000;75(2-3):123-8. doi: 10.1159/000048393. PMID: 11740180
Histopathology of the pituitary.
Doniach I
Clin Endocrinol Metab 1985 Nov;14(4):765-89. doi: 10.1016/s0300-595x(85)80077-3. PMID: 3002676
An overview of pituitary tumors.
Berry RG, Caplan HJ
Ann Clin Lab Sci 1979 Mar-Apr;9(2):94-102. PMID: 222198
Pituitary adenomas and craniopharyngiomas: analysis of 99 cases treated with radiation therapy.
Urdaneta N, Chessin H, Fischer JJ
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1976 Sep-Oct;1(9-10):895-902. doi: 10.1016/0360-3016(76)90114-0. PMID: 185179
Progress report on the treatment of Cushing's disease.
Linfoot JA, Lawrence JH, Tobias CA, Born JL, Chong CY, Lyman JT, Manougian E
Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 1970;81:196-212. PMID: 4330035Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

The basophil adenomas of the pituitary body and their clinical manifestations (pituitary basophilism). 1932.
Cushing H
Obes Res 1994 Sep;2(5):486-508. doi: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1994.tb00097.x. PMID: 16353601
Cushing's disease caused by ectopic pituitary adenoma within the pituitary stalk.
Tal A
South Med J 1993 Feb;86(2):249-50. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199302000-00026. PMID: 8381988
Mania in Cushing's syndrome: case report.
Reed K, Watkins M, Dobson H
J Clin Psychiatry 1983 Dec;44(12):460-2. PMID: 6317660
Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea.
Charles DA, Snell D
Laryngoscope 1979 May;89(5 Pt 1):822-6. doi: 10.1288/00005537-197905000-00021. PMID: 221763
Stereotaxic diagnosis and treatment of intracranial tumors including an initial experience with cryosurgery for pinealomas.
Conway LW
J Neurosurg 1973 Apr;38(4):453-60. doi: 10.3171/jns.1973.38.4.0453. PMID: 4348746

Therapy

Gamma Knife radiosurgery as a primary surgical treatment for hypersecreting pituitary adenomas.
Zhang N, Pan L, Dai J, Wang B, Wang E, Zhang W, Cai P
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2000;75(2-3):123-8. doi: 10.1159/000048393. PMID: 11740180
Cyclical Cushing's disease: two distinct rhythms in a patient with a basophil adenoma.
Atkinson AB, Chestnutt A, Crothers E, Woods R, Weaver JA, Kennedy L, Sheridan B
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1985 Feb;60(2):328-32. doi: 10.1210/jcem-60-2-328. PMID: 2981244
Heavy-particle therapy for acromegaly, Cushing's disease, Nelson's syndrome, and nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas.
Linfoot JA, Chong CY, Garcia JF, Cleveland AS, Connell GM, Manougian E, Okerlund MD, Born JL, Lawrence JH
Prog At Med 1971;3:219-38. PMID: 4335128
Progress report on the treatment of Cushing's disease.
Linfoot JA, Lawrence JH, Tobias CA, Born JL, Chong CY, Lyman JT, Manougian E
Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 1970;81:196-212. PMID: 4330035Free PMC Article
The value of radiation therapy for pituitary and parapituitary tumours.
Kramer S
Can Med Assoc J 1968 Dec 14;99(23):1120-7. PMID: 4302128Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Pre-operative serum inflammation-based scores in patients with pituitary adenomas.
Marques P, de Vries F, Dekkers OM, van Furth WR, Korbonits M, Biermasz NR, Pereira AM
Pituitary 2021 Jun;24(3):334-350. Epub 2020 Nov 24 doi: 10.1007/s11102-020-01112-5. PMID: 33230695
Cushing's case XLV: Minnie G.
Lanzino G, Maartens NF, Laws ER Jr
J Neurosurg 2002 Jul;97(1):231-4. doi: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.1.0231. PMID: 12134925
Gamma Knife radiosurgery as a primary surgical treatment for hypersecreting pituitary adenomas.
Zhang N, Pan L, Dai J, Wang B, Wang E, Zhang W, Cai P
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2000;75(2-3):123-8. doi: 10.1159/000048393. PMID: 11740180
Cushing's disease revisited.
Wilson CB, Tyrrell JB, Fitzgerald P
Am J Surg 1979 Jul;138(1):77-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(79)90245-9. PMID: 223465
Progress report on the treatment of Cushing's disease.
Linfoot JA, Lawrence JH, Tobias CA, Born JL, Chong CY, Lyman JT, Manougian E
Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 1970;81:196-212. PMID: 4330035Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Pre-operative serum inflammation-based scores in patients with pituitary adenomas.
Marques P, de Vries F, Dekkers OM, van Furth WR, Korbonits M, Biermasz NR, Pereira AM
Pituitary 2021 Jun;24(3):334-350. Epub 2020 Nov 24 doi: 10.1007/s11102-020-01112-5. PMID: 33230695
Silent pituitary plurihormonal adenoma: clinical relevance of immunohistochemical analysis.
García-Sáenz M, Uribe-Cortés D, González-Virla B, Mendoza-Zubieta V, Vargas-Ortega G
Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2019 Apr 1;57(1):48-55. PMID: 31071255
Galanin in human pituitary adenomas: frequency and clinical significance.
Leung B, Iisma TP, Leung KC, Hort YJ, Turner J, Sheehy JP, Ho KK
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2002 Mar;56(3):397-403. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2002.01486.x. PMID: 11940053
Immunohistochemical survey of migration of human anterior pituitary cells in developmental, pathological, and clinical aspects: a review.
Hori A, Schmidt D, Kuebber S
Microsc Res Tech 1999 Jul 1;46(1):59-68. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990701)46:1<59::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-S. PMID: 10402273
Aging and the human pituitary gland.
Sano T, Kovacs KT, Scheithauer BW, Young WF Jr
Mayo Clin Proc 1993 Oct;68(10):971-7. doi: 10.1016/s0025-6196(12)62269-1. PMID: 8412363

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