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ReviewJournal of neuro-oncology2001

Classification of pituitary adenomas.

K Kovacs, E Horvath, S Vidal

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Review in Journal of neuro-oncology, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  18. Thyrotropinoma and multinodular goiter: A diagnostic challenge for hyperthyroidism.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2013
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  19. Growth hormone is a cellular senescence target in pituitary and nonpituitary cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2013
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  20. Craniocaudal extension as an indication of surgical outcome in transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2013
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

K KovacsDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. kovacsk@mail.smh.toronto.on.ca
E Horvath
S Vidal

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This brief review summarizes various schemes which were introduced to classify pituitary tumors of adenohypophysial origin. Many different classifications were proposed. Pathologists prefer classifications based on the morphologic features of tumor cells. The gold standard is the light microscopic study of hematoxylin-eosin stained sections of formalin fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues. For correlation between hormone production, secretory activity and cytogenesis, immunohistochemical and transmission electron microscopic investigation is needed. We are convinced that in the future, molecular and genetic techniques will also be applied. We present here our five-tier scheme for classification of pituitary tumors which was accepted by the 'World Health Organization International Histological Classification of Tumours'. This classification takes into consideration the clinical and laboratory findings, imaging results, histologic, immunocytochemical and ultrastructural features of tumor cells. Despite several recent attempts to assess the growth rate, aggressiveness and invasiveness of pituitary tumors, more work is required to draw conclusions on their prognosis.

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AdenomaAnimalsHumansMitochondriaPituitary GlandPituitary Neoplasms

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