Pre‐morbid morphological conditions of the human pituitary

The clinically silent premorbid conditions of the pituitary, in particular preneoplastic features, were morphologically and statistically investigated within a control population at autopsy. A higher percentage of premorbid states were found, which was speculated to be a basis of possible later clinical lesions. They were as follows in 228 pituitary specimens: incidentalomas in 3% (potential pituitary adenomas), aberrant salivary gland cell...