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Silent familial isolated pituitary adenomas: histopathological and clinical case report.
Endocrine pathology - 1 Jan 2008
Villa C, Magri F, Morbini P, Falchetti A, Scagnelli P, Lovati E, Locatelli D, Canevari F R, Necchi V, Gabellieri E, Guabello G, Chiovato L, Solcia E
Abstract excerpt
Familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) is a rare condition independent of Carney Complex or MEN1. An international multicenter study recently described 28 nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas in 26 families with only two homogeneous nonsecreting phenotype families consistent of silent GH and silent gonadotroph adenomas, respectively. We present the clinical, genetic, and morphological analysis of two silent...
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