PATTERNS OF CORTICOTROPIC CELLS IN THE ADULT HUMAN PITUITARY IN CUSHINGS-DISEASE
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 4 (4) , 335-341
Abstract
The overall anatomical distribution of specifically stained corticotropic cells was studied in pituitaries obtained at autopsy from 9 patients with Cushing''s disease. Three patterns were demonstrated consistent with the theory that it is not a single entity, but that some cases are of primary pituitary etiology; others are the result of hypothalamic or CNS dysfunction. The junctional corticotropic cells appear to react different from those in the anterior pituitary to some stimuli; these cells may represent the remnants of the pars intermedia in the human adult, and they may have some as yet unidentified physiological function.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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