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  • Title: Acidophil stem cell adenoma of the human pituitary.
    Author: Horvath E, Kovacs K, Singer W, Ezrin C, Kerenyi NA.
    Journal: Arch Pathol Lab Med; 1977 Nov; 101(11):594-9. PubMed ID: 199135.
    Abstract:
    Among 87 pituitary adenomas, four neoplasms had a superficial resemblance to undifferentiated cell adenomas and some fine structural features of both sparsely granulated adenomatous growth hormone and prolactin cells. Misplaced exocytosis, fibrous bodies, and multiple centrioles were sometimes revealed within the same cell and usually were accompanied by oncocytic transformation, mitochondrial alterations, and abnormal centriologenesis. The patients had normal or low blood growth hormone levels and elevated or normal prolactin values. All the tumors that were tested contained immunoreactive growth hormone and prolactin, irrespective of the blood hormone levels. The four tumors could represent a hitherto unclassified adenoma type and derive from the common, committed precursor of the two acidophils. The term acidophil stem cell adenoma is proposed to designate this entity.
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