ea0038p344 | Pituitary | SFEBES2015
Beebeejaun Mehjabeen
, Chinnasamy Eswari
, Rich Philip
, Bridges Leslie
, Bano Gul
Silent corticoptroph adenomas (SCA) are pituitary tumours positive on immunohistochemical staining for ACTH but without clinical evidence of hypercortisolism. They account for 1.16% of surgically removed pituitary adenomas. Most tumours are macroadenomas with suprasellar extension present in 87100% of the cases. They present with mass effects and this is in contrast to Cushings disease, which is mostly attributed to microadenomas. Reports suggest that these t...