The coexistence of infundibular pituicytoma and Cushing’s disease due to pituitary adenoma: A case report

Objectives. Pituicytomas are rare, solid, well-circumscribed, low grade (grade I), non-neuroendocrine, and noninfiltrative tumors of the neurohypophysis or infundibulum, which appear in the sellar/suprasellar regions. Herein, we present a case with Cushing’s disease (CD) caused by an ACTH-secreting...

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Autores principales: Gezer Emre, Selek Alev, Cetinarslan Berrin, Canturk Zeynep, Tarkun Ilhan, Ceylan Savaş
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Publicado: Sciendo 2019
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Sumario:Objectives. Pituicytomas are rare, solid, well-circumscribed, low grade (grade I), non-neuroendocrine, and noninfiltrative tumors of the neurohypophysis or infundibulum, which appear in the sellar/suprasellar regions. Herein, we present a case with Cushing’s disease (CD) caused by an ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma in association with an infundibular pituicytoma.