Spindle cell oncocytoma of the pituitary and pituicytoma: Two tumors mimicking pituitary adenoma

BACKGROUND: Spindle cell oncocytoma (SCO) and pituicytoma are rare nonfunctioning tumors of the pituitary. Both tumors are low grade and macroscopically indistinguishable from a nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma.We report one case of SCO and one case of pituicytoma and review the previous literature....

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Main Authors: Ogiwara, Hideki, Dubner, Steve, Shafizadeh, Stephen, Raizer, Jeffrey, Chandler, James P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162801/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21886889
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.83932
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