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JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY
卷 78, 期 7, 页码 626-632出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlz040
关键词
ATRX; atypical; clinicopathologic features; invasive; pediatric; pituitary neuroendocrine neoplasm; prognosis; WHO classification
资金
- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Immunology
Pituitary adenomas are rare in children and adolescents and although mostly benign, they can sometimes be challenging to manage due to their locally invasive nature. In this study, we examined the clinicopathologic features of 42 pituitary adenomas in patients <= 21 years of age. The youngest patient was 8 years old (median age: 18 years), and the female-to-male ratio was 1.8:1. Five patients had recurrence after resection. There was no obvious difference between the recurrent rates in the typical (11.7%) and atypical adenomas (12.5%) based on the 2004 WHO classification. However, the recurrence rate was much higher in adenomas with an elevated proliferation index of >= 3% (20.8%) or with evidence of local invasion (18.2%). Adenomas with combination of an elevated proliferation index of >= 3% and imaging evidence of local invasion had the highest recurrence rate of 25%. In summary, pituitary adenomas are more frequent in adolescents as compared with children and are more common in girls. An elevated proliferation index of >= 3% and evidence of local invasion on imaging seem to correlate with a high probability of recurrence. Furthermore, we observe rarity of q alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome X-linked (ATRX) protein loss (surrogate to ATRX mutation) in these tumors without any connotation on prognosis.
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