title: Histochemical and immunohistochemical features of a case showing association of meningioma and prolactinoma containing amyloid.
abstract: We report the rare case of a 43-year-old woman with a simultaneous meningioma of the sphenoid wing and an amyloid-containing prolactinoma. The patient, who presented with a 17-year history of amenorrhea, and galactorrhea, was found to have a 10-mm mass in the pituitary gland. During excision of this lesion, another mass was noticed, which was located in the sphenoid wing. Both lesions were completely excised. Histopathological examination revealed that the pituitary tumor was a prolactinoma with diffuse amyloid deposition and that the second tumor was a typical meningioma. The coexistence of a prolactinoma containing amyloid and a meningioma is very rare in the literature, so this case is presented here with its histochemical and immunohistochemical features. We discuss the significance of prolactinoma containing amyloid and the simultaneous presentation of these two tumors.
authors.affiliation: Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, 35340 Inciralti-Izmir, Turkey. tulay.canda@deu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Tülay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Canda
authors.forename: Selma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sengiz
authors.forename: M Serefettin
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Canda
authors.forename: Umit D
authors.initials: UD
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: R Serhat
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Erbayraktar
authors.forename: H Sinan
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000682:Amyloid / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid