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Quiz Set:U-001

Kar-Ming Fung, M.D., Ph.D.

1.    Which of the following statements is true?  Answer

A.  About 20% of all pituitary adenoma occurs in children.

B.  The majority of tumors involving the sella in pediatric patients are craniopharyngioma.

C.  Papillary craniopharyngioma is equally common in adult, adolescence, and children.

D.  Endocrine dysfunction is uncommon in craniopharyngioma occuring in children.

E.  Pituitary gigantism is not part of McCune Albright syndrome.

2.    All of the following statements are true regarding the pharyngeal pituitary except which one?  Answer

A.  Its volume is about 1/1000 the volume of normal anterior pituitary.

B.  The histologic component is identical to that of the anterior pituitary.

C.  Pituitary adenoma can arise from pharyngeal pituitary.

D.  It is located at the vellecula just anterior to the epiglottis.

3.    Extracranial pituitary adenoma is most frequently found in which of the following locations?  Answer

A.  Sphenpid sinus.

B.  Clivus.

C.  Pharynx and/or nasopharynx.

D.  Cavernous sinus.

4.    Agenesis of anterior pituitary can occur in Pallister-Hall syndrome?  Answer

A.  True

B.  False

Last updated: November, 20, 2014. Contributed by Kar-Ming Fung, M.D., Ph.D.

Dept. of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, U.S.A.