Gangliocytoma: outcome of a rare silent pituitary tumour
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[Non-functioning gangliocytoma of the pituitary gland].
Pituitary gangliocytomas are uncommon benign tumors (less than 100 cases have been reported to date)1-6 with a low proliferation potential and a slow growth. Histologically, most pituitary gangliocytomas are mixed tumors consisting of neuronal ganglion cells and an adenomatous proliferation of adenohypophyseal cells4,7,8; both components may occur as a single nodule or coexist as separate but a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2016-218859