ea0099oc5.3 | Oral Communications 5: Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | Part I | ECE2024
Jotanovic Jelena
, Tebani Abdellah
, Hekmati Neda
, Sivertsson AEsa
, Lindskog Cecilia
, Uhlen Mathias
, Gudjonsson Olafur
, Tsatsaris Erika
, Eden Engstrom Britt
, Wikstrom Johan
, Ponten Fredrik
, Casar-Borota Olivera
Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are typically benign tumors presenting with symptoms related to hormone hypersecretion and/or intracranial mass. Current classification of PitNETs is based on the immunohistochemical expression of adenohypophysial hormones and three main pituitary-specific transcriptions factors PIT1, TPIT and SF1. PitNETs usually remain intrasellar, however, 20-40% of tumors show invasiveness into cavernous sinus and 68% infiltrate into the bone...