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Combined sellar gangliocytoma and pituitary adenoma in acromegaly or Cushing's disease. A report of 3 cases.

Abstract
Three cases of a composite sellar tumour composed of a gangliocytoma and an adenoma are presented. Two patients who showed acromegaly and hyperprolactinaemia had a gangliocytoma and a growth hormone (GH)-prolactin cell adenoma in close proximity. The gangliocytoma contained growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) by immunohistochemistry. At the electron microscopical level, the gangliocytoma was characterized by numerous synaptic vesicles. The third patient, a child with Cushing's disease, presented a corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)-positive gangliocytoma in close contact with an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secreting adenoma, the latter a typical densely granulated ACTH cell adenoma. Ultrastructurally, the gangliocytoma revealed synaptic vesicles and sparse secretory granules. The results suggest that gangliocytomas may promote the development of pituitary adenomas by hypersecretion of releasing hormones. Whereas 20 cases of sellar GHRH producing gangliocytomas in acromegaly are reported in the literature, the combination of a CRH-positive gangliocytoma and an ACTH cell adenoma in Cushing's disease is apparently the first case.
AuthorsW Saeger, M J Puchner, D K Lüdecke
JournalVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology (Virchows Arch) Vol. 425 Issue 1 Pg. 93-9 ( 1994) ISSN: 0945-6317 [Print] Germany
PMID7921420 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
Topics
  • Acromegaly (complications)
  • Adenoma (complications, pathology)
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Cushing Syndrome (complications)
  • Female
  • Ganglioneuroma (complications, pathology)
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
  • Pituitary Neoplasms (complications, pathology)
  • Sella Turcica
  • Skull Neoplasms (complications, pathology)

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