CONCURRENT PAPILLARY CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA AND GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA: A RARE AND AGGRESSIVE COLLISION TUMOR

Concurrent Papillary Craniopharyngioma and Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma: A Rare and Aggressive Collision Tumor

Background/Objective: Collision tumors composed of craniopharyngiomas and pituitary adenomas are extremely rare.We report a collision tumor formed by a papillary craniopharyngioma and a growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma, which is the first report of such a tumor, to the best of our knowledge.Case Report: A 49-year-old man presented with 2

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Mitochondrial oxidative function in NAFLD: Friend or foe?

Background: Mitochondrial oxidative function plays a key role in the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and insulin resistance (IR).Recent studies reported that fatty liver might not be a result of decreased mitochondrial fat oxidation caused by mitochondrial damage.Rather, NAFLD and IR induce an elevation in mitochondrial fun

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