Table 1.

Characteristics of adenoma tissue samples

Clinical diagnosis	Sex	Age	Immunhistochemistry for anterior lobe hormones	Tumor size based on preoperative MRI (mm3)	Ki-67 proliferation index (%)
GH producing	F	43	GH	–	1–3
GH producing	M	49	GH	–	< 1
GH producing	M	51	GH, PRL	–	< 3
GH producing	M	22	GH, PRL	11,571	3
GH producing	M	32	GH, PRL	–	3–4
GH producing	F	49	GH, PRL	2652	3–4
GH producing	F	22	GH, PRL	–	4–5
GH producing	M	35	GH, PRL	–	6
GH producing	M	30	GH, PRL	4840.495	8
GH producing	F	48	GH, PRL	–	10
GH producing	F	35	GH, PRL	–	5–6
GH producing	F	60	GH, PRL	–	< 3
NFPA	F	39	FSH	–	1–2
NFPA	M	51	FSH	15,488	2–3
NFPA	M	44	FSH	–	2–3
NFPA	F	76	FSH	3825	2–3
NFPA	M	38	FSH	–	3–4
NFPA	F	72	FSH, LH	–	1–2
NFPA	M	63	FSH, LH	41,055	< 1
NFPA	F	49	FSH, LH	3744	< 1
NFPA	M	62	FSH, LH	–	< 3
NFPA	M	67	FSH, LH	–	3–4
NFPA	M	43	FSH, LH	–	7–10
NFPA	M	64	FSH, LH	126,000	< 3
NFPA	F	74	FSH, LH	–	< 3
NFPA	F	73	FSH, LH	12,000	< 2
NFPA	F	68	FSH, LH	–	3–4
NFPA	M	73	FSH, LH	–	2–3
NFPA	F	80	FSH, LH	19,600	2–3
NFPA	F	69	FSH, LH	20,240	< 3
NFPA	M	38	FSH, LH	–	3–4
NFPA	F	37	FSH, LH	1872	7–8
NFPA	M	73	LH	13,500	2
NFPA	M	72	LH	4590	< 2
NFPA	F	43	Negative	4987.5	1
NFPA	F	50	Negative	–	2
NFPA	F	64	Negative	–	1
NFPA	F	58	Negative	3570	4
NFPA	M	73	Negative	12,144	3–4
NFPA	F	64	Negative	–	5
NFPA	M	58	Negative	35,640	5–7
NFPA	M	50	Negative	–	< 2
NFPA	F	49	Negative	–	3–4
NFPA	F	65	Negative	2523.312	3–4
NFPA	F	60	Negative	–	5