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ea0065p326 | Neuroendocrinology | SFEBES2019

A rare pituitary tumour mimicking an adenoma – spindle cell oncocytoma

Panicker Janki , Hegde Pallavi , Sinha Anubhav , Rati Nitika , Sharma Dushyant , Purewal Tejpal

Spindle cell oncocytoma (SCO) is a rare nonfunctioning neoplasm of the anterior pituitary gland .This tumour is often misdiagnosed as pituitary adenoma or pituitcytoma due to itÂ’s location and symptoms. Such tumours are highly vascular radiologically and histologically. We report a 54 year old gentleman who was found to have pituitary adenoma on CT head performed after a fall. Subsequent Pituitary MRI showed 25×18 mm pituitary macroadenoma with optic chiasm compressi...