Spindle cell oncocytoma of the adenohypophysis: Report of a case with marked cellular atypia and recurrence despiteadjuvant treatment

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-95

  Borota, O Casar ^a,b   Scheithauer, B W ^c   Fougner, S Lyngvi ^a,d   Hald, J K ^a   Ramm Pettersen, J ^a   Bollerslev, J ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Cellular pleomorphism; Folliculostellate cells; Nuclear atypia; Spindle cell oncocytoma

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GALECTIN 3; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN; MUCIN 1;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL ONCOCYTOMA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; FEMALE; GALECTIN 3; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN-1; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; S100 PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65349190619     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/npp28091     Document Type: Article

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