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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 106, 332-341, Copyright © 1982 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Multiple cellular forms of corticotrophs in surgically removed pituitary adenomas and periadenomatous tissue in Cushing's disease

R Martin, Y Cetin, HL Fehm, R Fahlbusch and KH Voigt

Transsphenoidally removed samples of pituitary adenomas from 14 patients with Cushing's disease and 5 patients with Nelson's syndrome always contained groups of uniform small ACTH-cells. Antibodies against the pro-opiocortin precursor fragments beta-endorphin, ACTH, and 16k- peptide recognized material in typical adenoma cells. A subpopulation of these cells, varying in number from sample to sample, specifically exhibited alpha-melanotropin immunoreactivity. Most periadenomatous samples showed signs of severe degeneration. Typical Crooke cells only occurred in samples from patients with Cushing's syndrome, but, with this exception, no clear differences between pituitaries of patients with Cushing's and Nelson's syndromes could be discerned. Two other forms of ACTH-immunoreactive cells were observed: rare, single, highly immunoreactive cells, with characteristics of both normal and Crooke cells, and numerous syncytial groups of cells in an advanced state of disintegration, presumably the remnants of hyperplastic follicles. The four different corticotrophs are characterized according to their fine structure and immunoreactivity in this study.


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