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Pituitary Tumours

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Three major types of tumour arise within, or in relation to, the pituitary fossa, viz: pituitary adenomas from the anterior pituitary, craniopharyngiomas or suprasellar cysts from epithelial elements related to the pituitary, and gliomas of the posterior pituitary which are usually well-differentiated astrocytomas. The latter are rare tumours and behave in a similar way to hypothalamic or cerebral astrocytomas.

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  1. University of Southampton, England

    Roy O. Weller BSc, MD, PhD, FRCpath (Professor of Neuropathology and Consultant Neuropathologist) & D. Lindsay McLellan MA, MB, PhD, FRCP (Senior Lecturer in Neurology and Consultant Neurologist)

  2. Wessex Regional Neurological Centre, Southampton, England

    Roy O. Weller BSc, MD, PhD, FRCpath (Professor of Neuropathology and Consultant Neuropathologist) & D. Lindsay McLellan MA, MB, PhD, FRCP (Senior Lecturer in Neurology and Consultant Neurologist)

  3. The London Hospital and St Mark’s Hospital, London, England

    Michael Swash MD, FRCP, MRCPath (Consultant Neurologist and Senior Lecturer in Neuropathology)

  4. the London Hospital Medical College, London, England

    Michael Swash MD, FRCP, MRCPath (Consultant Neurologist and Senior Lecturer in Neuropathology)

  5. The London Hospital Medical College, England

    Carl L. Scholtz MB, MSc, FRCPA (Senior Lecturer in Neuropathology and Consultant Neuropathologist)

  6. The London Hospital, London, England

    Carl L. Scholtz MB, MSc, FRCPA (Senior Lecturer in Neuropathology and Consultant Neuropathologist)

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Weller, R.O., Swash, M., McLellan, D.L., Scholtz, C.L. (1983). Pituitary Tumours. In: Clinical Neuropathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1335-5_8

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