pituitary adenocarcinoma
A rare adenocarcinoma with poor prognosis, arising from the adenohypophysial cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland or pre-existing adenomas. The majority are hormonally functioning neoplasms, usually producing prolactin or ACTH. The diagnosis is based on the presence of metastases. Syndromes associated with pituitary gland carcinomas include hyperprolactinemia, Cushing disease, and acromegaly. [ NCIT:C4536 ]
Term info
- Orphanet:300385 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C4536 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- SCTID:254955001 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICDO:8272/3 (NCIT:C4536)
- HP:0011763 (MONDO:otherHierarchy)
- ONCOTREE:PTCA (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C0346300 (Orphanet:300385/e)
- DOID:4916 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
ordo_disease
pituitary adenocarcinoma (disease)
A rare adenocarcinoma with poor prognosis, arising from the adenohypophysial cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland or pre-existing adenomas. The majority are hormonally functioning neoplasms, usually producing prolactin or ACTH. The diagnosis is based on the presence of metastases. Syndromes associated with pituitary gland carcinomas include hyperprolactinemia, Cushing disease, and acromegaly.
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0346300, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C4536, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/254955001, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_4916, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Orphanet_300385
cancer of the pituitary, cancer of pituitary, cancer of the pituitary gland, cancer of pituitary gland, pituitary gland cancer
pituitary carcinoma, carcinoma of the pituitary gland, carcinoma of pituitary gland, carcinoma of pituitary, pituitary gland adenocarcinoma, pituitary adenocarcinoma (disease), carcinoma of the pituitary, pituitary gland carcinoma
PTCA
MONDO:0017582