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ea0034p300 | Pituitary | SFEBES2014

Immunohistochemical features of PANCH tumour, a mixed pituitary adenoma/gangliocytoma, a rare cause of acromegaly

Quah Leong , Pohl Ute , Pollock Jonathan , Ahlquist James

PANCH tumour (pituitary adenoma with neuronal choristoma), is a very rare form of pituitary pathology composed of a mixed pituitary adenoma/gangliocytoma. We describe a patient with acromegaly who had evidence of GH synthesis in the neuronal component of a PANCH tumour. A 55-year-old woman was found to have facial features of acromegaly, confirmed biochemically: basal GH 13.56 ng/ml, GTT nadir 8.87 ng/ml, and IGF1 raised at 97.2 nmol/l (ref 9–40). Pituitary function was o...