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Familial pituitary adenomas.
Tichomirowa, M. A.; Daly, Adrian; Beckers, Albert
2009In Journal of Internal Medicine, 266 (1), p. 5-18
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Keywords :
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics; Female; Humans; Male; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1/genetics; Mutation; Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary/genetics; Pituitary Neoplasms/genetics
Abstract :
[en] The majority of pituitary adenomas occur sporadically, however, about 5% of all cases occur in a familial setting, of which over half are due to multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) and Carney's complex (CNC). Since the late 1990s we have described non-MEN1/CNC familial pituitary tumours that include all tumour phenotypes, a condition named familial isolated pituitary adenomas (FIPA). The clinical characteristics of FIPA vary from those of sporadic pituitary adenomas, as patients with FIPA have a younger age at diagnosis and larger tumours. About 15% of FIPA patients have mutations in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein gene (AIP), which indicates that FIPA may have a diverse genetic pathophysiology. This review describes the clinical features of familial pituitary adenomas like MEN1, the MEN 1-like syndrome MEN-4, CNC, FIPA, the tumour pathologies found in this setting and the genetic/molecular data that have been recently reported.
Disciplines :
Endocrinology, metabolism & nutrition
Author, co-author :
Tichomirowa, M. A.
Daly, Adrian  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Endocrinologie
Beckers, Albert ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Endocrinologie
Language :
English
Title :
Familial pituitary adenomas.
Publication date :
July 2009
Journal title :
Journal of Internal Medicine
ISSN :
0954-6820
eISSN :
1365-2796
Publisher :
Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom
Volume :
266
Issue :
1
Pages :
5-18
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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