ArticleArchives of pathology & laboratory medicine2010
Pituicytoma: characterization of a unique neoplasm by histology, immunohistochemistry, ultrastructure, and array-based comparative genomic hybridization.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Primary tumors of the posterior pituitary: A systematic review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2019Pooled it
- Pituicytoma, spindle cell oncocytoma, and granular cell tumor: clarification and meta-analysis of the world literature since 1893.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2011Pooled it
- Posterior Pituitary and Hypothalamic Neuronal Tumors in the 5th WHO Classification: Molecular Insights, Diagnostic Markers, and Clinical Management.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Histopathological Types, Clinical Presentation, Imaging Studies, Treatment Strategies, and Prognosis of Posterior Pituitary Tumors: An Updated Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Posterior transpetrosal approach to a suprasellar retroinfundibular pituicytoma: A case report and comprehensive literature review.Brain & spine · 2025Article
- Surgical approach to the treatment of pituicytoma. Report of five cases and a literature review.World neurosurgery: X · 2023Article
- Clinical features, radiological profiles, pathological features and surgical outcomes of pituicytomas: a report of 11 cases and a pooled analysis of individual patient data.Military Medical Research · 2021Article
- Posterior pituitary tumours: patient outcomes and determinants of disease recurrence or persistence.Endocrine connections · 2021Article
- Genomics and Epigenomics of Pituitary Tumors: What Do Pathologists Need to Know?Endocrine pathology · 2021Review
- Tensor-valued diffusion MRI in under 3 minutes: an initial survey of microscopic anisotropy and tissue heterogeneity in intracranial tumors.Magnetic resonance in medicine · 2020Article
- Histologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular features of pituicytomas and atypical pituicytomas.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2019Article
- Clinical features, diagnosis and therapy of pituicytoma: an update.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2019Review
- Pituicytoma with Significant Tumor Vascularity Mimicking Pituitary Macroadenoma.Brain tumor research and treatment · 2017Article
- Pituicytoma-An outlook on possible targeted therapies.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2017Article
- Pituicytoma: A report of three cases and literature review.Oncology letters · 2016Article
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- Pituicytoma Coexisting With Corticotroph Hyperplasia: Literature Review With One Case Report.Medicine · 2016Review
- Second-stage transsphenoidal approach (TSA) for highly vascular pituicytomas in children.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2015Article
- [New aspects of tumor pathology of the pituitary].Der Pathologe · 2015Review
- Pituicytomas and spindle cell oncocytomas: modern case series from the University of California, San Francisco.Pituitary · 2015Article
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Abstract
The pituicytoma is a rare neoplasm whose histogenesis is debated partly because of the diversity of tissue types present in the sellar region. In this article we illustrate the characteristic histologic, immunohistologic, and ultrastructural features of this unique neoplasm. Furthermore, we use array-based comparative genomic hybridization to demonstrate a unique pattern of genomic copy number aberrations in pituicytomas. Tumors were composed of bipolar, spindle cells that were immunopositive for S100, vimentin, and Bcl-2 and immunonegative for synaptophysin, chromogranin, and glial fibrillary acidic protein. Ultrastructural analysis was remarkable for absence of secretory granules. Array comparative genomic hybridization demonstrated genomic copy number imbalances, including losses on chromosome arms 1p, 14q, and 22q and gains on 5p. This pattern of genetic changes only partially overlaps with the genomic alterations reported in pituitary adenomas. In summary, our data suggest that pituicytomas are a unique subset of tumors of the sellar region.
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