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Pituitary Carcinoma in a Patient with an SDHB Mutation.
Endocrine pathology - 1 Dec 2017
Tufton Nicola, Roncaroli Federico, Hadjidemetriou Irene, Dang Mary N, Dénes Judit, Guasti Leonardo, Thom Maria, Powell Michael, Baldeweg Stephanie E, Fersht Naomi, Korbonits Márta
Abstract excerpt
We present the first case of pituitary carcinoma occurring in a patient with a succinate dehydrogenase subunit B (SDHB) mutation and history of paraganglioma. She was initially treated for a glomus tumour with external beam radiotherapy. Twenty-five years later, she was diagnosed with a non-functioning pituitary adenoma, having developed bitemporal hemianopia. Recurrence of the pituitary lesion (Ki-67 10% and p53...
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