title: Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with primary pituitary tumors.
abstract: In an effort to improve the diagnosis of pituitary tumors, we propose a synoptic approach to pituitary pathology reporting that will provide clear information to endocrinologists, neurosurgeons, neuropathologists, and surgical pathologists to advance the diagnosis and classification of pituitary adenomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA. vnose@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Vania
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nosé
authors.forename: Shereen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ezzat
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Horvath
authors.forename: Kalman
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.forename: Edward R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Laws
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: M Beatriz S
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Sylvia L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Asa
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D057189:Checklist; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards*; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D010340:Pathology, Surgical / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor