Hypothalamic neuronal hamartoma associated with pituitary growth hormone cell adenoma and acromegaly.
A hypothalamic neuronal hamartoma associated with a sparsely granulated growth hormone cell adenoma of the pituitary and acromegaly is reported. It is suggested that the patient had a primary neuronal tumor, whose neurosecretory activity promoted the development of the growth hormone secreting pituitary adenoma causing acromegaly.
D000172:Acromegaly / Q000150:complications*; D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*