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microadenoma

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microadenoma /mi·cro·ad·e·no·ma/ (-ad″ĕ-no´mah) a pituitary adenoma less than 10 mm in diameter.
mi·cro·ad·e·no·ma (mkr-dn-m)
n.
A very small pituitary adenoma thought to cause hypersecretion syndromes.

microadenoma
[mī′krō·ad′ənō′mə]
a pituitary adenoma less than 10 mm in diameter.

microadenoma
an adenoma less than 0.5 inch diameter.


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2) Pituitary microadenomas have also been reported to coexist with an empty sella.
The pituitary microadenoma was most likely an incidental finding; approximately 15 to 20% of "normal" individuals are found to have a pituitary adenoma on MRI.
 
 
 
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