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Ectopic Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumor

MedGen UID:
1743478
•Concept ID:
C5420157
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Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Ectopic PitNET/Adenoma; Ectopic Pituitary Gland Adenoma; Ectopic Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumor/Adenoma; Extrasellar Pituitary Gland Adenoma

Definition

A pituitary neuroendocrine tumor that does not involve the sella turcica. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEctopic Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumor

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PubMed

Diagnosis and Treatment of Parasellar Lesions.
Gatto F, Perez-Rivas LG, Olarescu NC, Khandeva P, Chachlaki K, Trivellin G, Gahete MD, Cuny T; on behalf of the ENEA Young Researchers Committee (EYRC)
Neuroendocrinology 2020;110(9-10):728-739. Epub 2020 Mar 4 doi: 10.1159/000506905. PMID: 32126547
MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Differential diagnosis, investigation and therapy of bilateral adrenal incidentalomas.
Bourdeau I, El Ghorayeb N, Gagnon N, Lacroix A
Eur J Endocrinol 2018 Aug;179(2):R57-R67. Epub 2018 May 10 doi: 10.1530/EJE-18-0296. PMID: 29748231
Diagnosis and Treatment of Pituitary Adenomas: A Review.
Molitch ME
JAMA 2017 Feb 7;317(5):516-524. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.19699. PMID: 28170483

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Diagnosis

Top 10 Nested Pattern Head and Neck Lesions to Notice.
Lott Limbach A, Chute DJ
Head Neck Pathol 2023 Mar;17(1):119-131. Epub 2023 Mar 16 doi: 10.1007/s12105-023-01534-0. PMID: 36928740Free PMC Article
Persistent Hypokalemia Induced by an Intracavernous Ectopic Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumor.
Ito S, Inaba H, Ariyasu H, Inoue G
Intern Med 2023 May 15;62(10):1567-1568. Epub 2022 Oct 5 doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.0644-22. PMID: 36198603Free PMC Article

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