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A surgically treated idiopathic giant-cell granuloma of the pituitary in a 48-year-old man is described. Relative to previously reported cases, this case was unusual both clinically and histologically. Diabetes insipidus was the initial, and a prominent clinical, manifestation. Histological studies showed caseating granuloma or fibrosis in addition to a typical giant-cell granuloma. This is the first published documentation of the association of caseous necrosis in a patient diagnosed as having idiopathic giant-cell granuloma of the pituitary.Endocr Pathol 4:169–173, 1993.
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Yamada, S., Sawano, S., Aiba, T. et al. Idiopathic giant-cell granuloma of the pituitary with unusual clinical and histological features. Endocr Pathol 4, 169–173 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02915307
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