Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
A 60 year-old man with a pituitary mass.
Clinical information: The patient was a 60 year-old man who presented with blurred vision and headache. On MRI scan, a macroadenoma was identified in the pituitary gland. The patient had no evidence of acromegaly. The hormone profile in his periphery blood was within normal limits. The tumor was surgically removed and the followings are the representative sections:
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Panel A and B are intraoperative cytologic preparations. Panel C is intraoperative frozen section. Panel D is formalin fixed, paraffin embedded hematoxylin-eosin section.
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