title: Amyloid in pituitary adenomas.
abstract: 71 surgically removed pituitary adenomas with amyloid deposits were studied by light microscopical and immunohistological means. In none of the adenomas was there a predominance of amyloid deposits. There were no correlations between the extent or pattern of the deposits with either age, immunohistological hormone content or localization. Our results do not support either of the theories about the origin of amyloid--whether mesenchymal or produced by adenoma cells--in pituitary adenomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg, FRG.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Saeger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gerigk
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Lüdecke
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000682:Amyloid / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid