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Pituitary tumors can be
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microadenomas (<10 mm) or macroadenomas (>10 mm).
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These tumors are very rarely malignant but can be
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locally invasive.
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Pathogenetic mutations
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have been found in only a subset (35%-40%) of somatotroph adenomas, which have an activating mutation of the gene for the Gsα-subunit involved in transduction of the GH-releasing hormone signal.
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