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Rare Pituitary Tumors Other Than Adenomas

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In recent years, many tumors have been described that are considered under the generic category of gliomas arising from the sella turcica. The low-grade sellar neoplasms in this distinct group have unclear histogenesis, but emerging data suggest that they most likely represent a spectrum of closely related neoplasms. Some suggest that they may even be members of a single nosologic entity [1].

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  1. Department of Pathology, Bagcilar Research and Training Hospital, Merkez Mah. Mimar Sinan Cad. 6 Sok, Bagcilar, Istanbul, Turkey

    Yazgi Koy M.D.

  2. Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Division, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room M551, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0102, USA

    Tarik Tihan M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Texas Children’s Hospital Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Adekunle M. Adesina

  2. Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Division, San Francisco, California, USA

    Tarik Tihan

  3. Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Virgin Islands, USA

    Christine E. Fuller

  4. PBTC Neuroimaging Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Tina Young Poussaint

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Koy, Y., Tihan, T. (2016). Rare Pituitary Tumors Other Than Adenomas. In: Adesina, A., Tihan, T., Fuller, C., Poussaint, T. (eds) Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33432-5_31

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