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Surgical specimens from the pituitary gland are usually taken at transsphenoidal hypophysectomy. As with biopsies from the CNS, these specimens will normally be received only in hospitals that have a neurosurgery or specialized ENT department. The specimens consist of fragments of pituitary gland with or without adenoma or other neoplasm.
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Lowe, D.G., Domizio, P., Doniach, I. (1997). Endocrine system. In: Domizio, P., Lowe, D. (eds) Reporting Histopathology Sections. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7132-6_19
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