Pituitary tumor
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| D35.2 | Benign neoplasm of the pituitary gland |
| C75.1 | Malignant neoplasm: pituitary gland |
| D44.3 | New formation of unsafe or unknown behavior: pituitary gland |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
A pituitary tumor is a tumor of the pituitary gland .
In 90% it is an adenoma of the adenohypophysis , s. Pituitary adenoma .
In addition to adenomas, there are also:
- Pituitary carcinoma
- Pituitary blastomas
- Craniopharyngiomas
- Neural and paraneuronal tumors
- Tumors of the posterior pituitary
- Mesenchymal and stromal tumors
- Haematolymphoid tumors
- Germ cell tumors
The full WHO classification from 2017 has been published.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ WA Scherbaum Diabetes Germany
- ^ A b Andrey Bychkov: WHO classification of tumors of the pituitary gland. July 1, 2017, accessed April 29, 2019 .
