The Complementary Role of Transcription Factors in the Accurate Diagnosis of Clinically Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas

Asa SL (2011) Tumors of the Pituitary Gland. Fascicle 15, 4th series. The Atlas of Tumor Pathology. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC

Nishioka H, Inoshita N, Sano T, Fukuhara N, Yamada S (2012) Correlation between histological subtypes and MRI findings in clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas. Endocr Pathol 23:151-6

Cooper O, Ben-Shlomo A, Bonert V, Bannykh S, Mirocha J, Melmed S (2010) Silent corticotroph adenomas: clinical and cellular characteristics and long-term outcomes. Horm Canc 1: 80-92

Horvath E, Kovacs K (1992) Ultrastructural diagnosis of human pituitary adenomas. Microsc Res Tech 20: 107-135

Jameson JL, Klibanski A, Black PM, Zervas NT, Lindell CM, Hsu DW, Ridgway EC, Habener JF (1987) Glycoprotein hormone genes are expressed in clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas. J Clin Invest 80: 1472-78

Kovacs K, Asa SL, Horvath E, Ryan N, Singer W, Killinger DW, Smyth HS, Scheithauer BW, Ebersold MJ (1990) Null cell adenomas of the pituitary: Attempts to resolve their cytogenesis. In: J Lechago, T Kameya (eds) Endocrine Pathology Update. Field and Wood, Philadelphia, pp 17-31

Yamada S, Asa SL, Kovacs K, Muller P, Smyth HS (1989) Analysis of hormone secretion by clinically nonfunctioning human pituitary adenomas using the reverse hemolytic plaque assay. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 68: 73-80

Al-Brahim NYY, Asa SL (2006) My approach to pathology of the pituitary gland. J Clin Pathol 59: 1245-53

Asa SL (2008) Practical pituitary pathology. What does the pathologists need to know? Arch Pathol Lab Med 132:1231-49

Mete O, Asa SL (2012) Clinicopathological correlations in pituitary adenomas. Brain Pathol 22: 443-453

Kovacs K, Horvath E, Bayley TA, Hassaram ST, Ezrin C (1978) Silent corticotroph cell adenoma with lysosomal accumulation and crinophagy. A distinct clinicopathologic entity. Am J Med 64: 492-9

Baldeweg SE, Pollock JR, Powell M, Ahlquist J (2005) A spectrum of silent corticotroph pituitary adenomas. Br J Neurosurg 19: 38-42

Raverot G, Wierinckx A, Jouanneau E, Auger C, Borson-Chazot F, Lachuer J, Pugeat M, Trouillas J (2010) Clinical, hormonal, and molecular characterization of pituitary adenomas without (silent corticotroph adenomas) and with Cushing’s disease. Eur J Endocrinol 163: 35-43

Sahli R, Christ ER, Seiler R, Kappeler A, Vajtai I (2006) Clinicopathologic correlations of silent corticotroph adenomas of the pituitary: report of four cases and literature review. Pathol Res Pract 202: 457-464

Scheithauer BW, Jaap AJ, Horvath E, Kovacs K, Lloyd RV, Meyer FB, Laws Jr ER, Young Jr WF (2000) Clinically silent corticotroph tumors of the pituitary gland. Neurosurgery 47: 723-730

Webb KM, Laurent JJ, Okonkwo DO, Lopes MB, Vance ML, Laws Jr ER (2003) Clinical characteristics of silent corticotroph adenomas and creation of an internet-accessible database to facilitate their multi-institutional study. Neurosurgery 53: 1076-85

Tateno T, Izumiyama H, Doi M, Yoshimoto T, Shichiri M, Inoshita N, Oyama K, Yamada S, Hirata Y (2007). Differential gene expression in ACTH-secreting and non-functioning pituitary tumors. Eur J Endocrinol 157: 717-24

Knosp E, Steiner E, Kitz K, Matla C (1993) Pituitary adenomas with invasion of the cavernous sinus space: a magnetic resonance imaging classification compared with surgical findings. Neurosurgery 33: 610-7

Du L, Bergsneider M, Mirsadraei L, Young SH, Jonker JW, Downes M, Yong WH, Evans RM, Heaney AP (2013) Evidence for orphan nuclear receptor TR4 in the etiology of Cushing disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110: 8555-60

DeLellis RA, Lloyd RV, Heitz PU, Eng C (2004) Pathology and genetics of tumours of the endocrine organs. IARC press, Lyon

Vallette-Kasic S, Figarella-Branger D, Grino M, Pulichino A-M, Dufour H, Grisoli F, Enjalbert A, Drouin J, Brue T (2003) Differential regulation of proopiomelanocortin and pituitary-restricted transcription factor (TPIT), a new marker of normal and adenomatous human corticotrophs. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88: 3050-56

Yamada S, Ohyama K, Taguchi M, Takeshita A, Morita K, Takano K, Sano T (2007) A study of the correlation between morphological findings and biological activities in clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas. Neurosurgery 61: 580-5

Young Jr WF, Scheithauer BW, Kovacs KT, Horvath E, Davis DH, Randall RV (1996) Gonadotroph adenoma of the pituitary gland: a clinicopathologic analysis of 100 cases. Mayo Clinic Proc 71: 649-56

Sano T, Mader R, Asa SL, Qian ZR, Hino A, Yamada S (2003) “Honeycomb Golgi” in pituitary adenomas: not a marker of gonadotroph adenomas. Endocr Pathol 14: 363-8

Nishioka H, Hara T, Usui M, Fukuhara N, Yamada S (2011) Simultaneous combined supra-infrasellar approach for giant/large multi-lobulated pituitary adenomas. World Neurosurg 77: 533-39