Distribution of Crooke's Cells and ACTH Cells in the Human Pituitary Glands

TAKAHASHI, K., ANDOH, N., MOURI, T. and SASANO, N. Distribution of Crooke's Cells and ACTH Cells in the Human Pituitary Glands. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1988, 155 (4), 379-383 - Distribution of ACTH cells and Crooke's cells in the human pituitary glands was studied in 5 autopsy cases. ACTH cel...

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Published inThe Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine Vol. 155; no. 4; pp. 379 - 383
Main Authors TAKAHASHI, KAZUHIRO, ANDOH, NORIAKI, MOURN, TORAICHI, SASANO, NOBUAKI
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan Tohoku University Medical Press 1988
Subjects
ACTH
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone - analysis
Aged
Autopsy
Crooke's cell
Crooke's hyaline change
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - pathology
pituitary gland
Pituitary Gland - pathology
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Summary:TAKAHASHI, K., ANDOH, N., MOURI, T. and SASANO, N. Distribution of Crooke's Cells and ACTH Cells in the Human Pituitary Glands. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1988, 155 (4), 379-383 - Distribution of ACTH cells and Crooke's cells in the human pituitary glands was studied in 5 autopsy cases. ACTH cells were distributed throughout the anterior pituitary lobes, in particular densely in their anterior halves. Some ACTH cells were found in the posterior pituitary lobes in three cases. Crooke's cells were distributed limitedly in the anterior halves of anterior pituitary in two cases. In the remaining three cases, Crooke's cells were widely distributed in the anterior pituitary lobes but predominantly in their anterior halves. No Crooke's cells were found in the posterior pituitary. These findings suggest that cells in the anterior part of anterior pituitary are more likely to show Crooke's hyaline change than those in the other parts.
ISSN:0040-8727
1349-3329
DOI:10.1620/tjem.155.379