Sex-Linked Ultrastructural Dichotomy of Gonadotroph Adenomas of the Human Pituitary: An Electron Microscopic Analysis of 145 Tumors

References

• Horvath E, Kovacs K. Gonadotroph adenoma of the human pituitary: Sex-related fine structural dichotomy. A histologic, immunocytochemical and electron microscopy study of 30 tumors. Am J Pathol 1984; 117: 429–440
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Murray I C, McComb D J, Horvath E, Kovacs K. Morphometric evidence of sexual dimorphism in the ultrastructure of gonadotroph adenomas of the human pituitary. Ultrastruct Pathol 1985; 8: 49–56
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kovacs K, Horvath E. Tumors of the pituitary gland. Atlas of Tumor Pathology, W H Hartmann. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 1986, 2nd series, Fascicle 21
   Google Scholar
• Horvath E, Kovacs K. Fine structural cytology of the adenohypophysis in rat and man. J Electr Microsc Techn 1988; 8: 401–432
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Horvath E, Kovacs K. Pathology of the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. Diagnosis and Pathology of Endocrine Diseases, G. Mendelsohn. Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA 1988; 379–412
   Google Scholar
• Moriarty G C. Electron microscopic immunocytochemical studies of rat pituitary gonadotrophs: A sex difference in morphology and cytochemistry of LH cells. Endocrinology 1975; 97: 1215–1225
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kovacs K, Asa S L, Horvath E, . Null cell adenomas of the pituitary: Attempts to resolve their cytogenesis. Endocrine Pathology Update, J Lechago, T Kameya, et al. Field and Wood, Philadelphia, PA 1990; 17–31
   Google Scholar
• Trouillas J, Girod C, Sassolas G, et al. Human pituitary gonadotropic adenoma: Histological, immunocytochemical and ultrastructural and hormonal studies in eight cases. J Pathol 1981; 135: 315–336
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mukai K. Pituitary adenomas. Immunocytochemical study of 150 tumors with clinicopathologic correlation. Cancer 1983; 52: 648–653
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Snyder P J. Gonadotroph cell adenomas of the pituitary. Endocr Rev 1985; 6: 552–563
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Trouillas J, Girod C, Sassolas G, Claustrat B. The human gonadotropic adenoma: Pathologic diagnosis and hormonal correlations in 26 tumors. Sem Diagn Pathol 1986; 3: 42–57
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Cunningham G R, Huckins C. An FSH and prolactin-secreting pituitary tumor: Pituitary dynamics and testicular histology. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1977; 44: 248–253
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Snyder P J, Bigdeli H, Gardner D F, et al. Gonadal function in fifty men with untreated pituitary adenomas. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1979; 48: 309–314
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Snyder P J, Johnson J, Muzyka R. Abnormal secretion of glycoprotein α-subunit and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) β-subunit in men with pituitary adenoma and FSH hypersecretion. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1980; 51: 579–584
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Nicolis G H, Modhi G, Gabrilove J L. Gonadotropin producing pituitary adenomas: A case report and review of the literature. Mt Sinai J Med 1982; 49: 297–304
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Snyder P J, Muzyka R, Johnson J, Utiger R D. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone provokes abnormal follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone responses in men who have pituitary adenomas and FSH hypersecretion. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1980; 51: 744–748
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Warnet A, Lubetzki J, Gueris J, et al. Les adenomes gonadotropes (Gonadotroph adenomas). Ann Med Interne 1982; 133: 26–28
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kovacs K, Horvath E, Van Loon G R, Rewcastle N B, Ezrin C, Rosenblum A A. Pituitary adenomas associated with elevated blood follicle stimulating hormone levels: A histologic, immunocytologic and electron microscopic study of two cases. Fertil Steril 1978; 29: 622–628
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kovacs K, Horvath E, Rewcastle N B, Ezrin C. Gonadotroph cell adenoma of the pituitary in a woman with long-standing hypogonadism. Arch Gynecol 1980; 229: 57–65
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Wide L, Lundberg P O. Hypersecretion of an abnormal form of follicle-stimulating hormone associated with suppressed luteinizing hormone secretion in a woman with a pituitary adenoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1981; 53: 923–930
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Chapman A J, MacFarlane I A, Shalet S M, Beardwell C G, Dutton J, Sutton M L. Discordant serum alpha subunit and FSH concentrations in a woman with a pituitary tumour. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf.) 1984; 21: 123–129
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Wide L. Male and female forms of human follicle-stimulating hormone in serum. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1982; 55: 682–688
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chappel S C, Ulloa-Aguirre A, Coutifaris C. Biosynthesis and secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone. Endocr Rev 1983; 4: 179–211
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vale W, Rivier C, Hsueh A, et al. Chemical and biological characterization of the inhibin family of protein hormones. Recent Progr Horm Res 1988; 44: 1–34
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Franchimont P, Hazee-Haselstein M T, Jaspar J M, Charlet-Renard C, Demoulin A. Inhibin and related peptides: Mechanisms of action and regulation of secretion. J Steroid Biochem 1989; 32: 193–197
   PubMedGoogle Scholar