In a 75-year-old woman with a suprasellar granular cell tumor, the tumor showed no immunohistochemical reaction for oxytocin.
In plain wordsIn one woman with a brain-base tumor, the tumor cells did not stain for the body's own oxytocin.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- Not applicableOxytocin immunoreactivity in a suprasellar granular cell tumor
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Endogenous peptide levels · Cancer
Source sentences
Immunohistochemical studies showed positive reaction for S-100 protein in the tumor cell nuclei, but no reaction for glial fibrillary acidic protein, neurofilament protein, Leu-7, oxytocin, beta-endorphin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and vimentin.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
A 75-year-old female presented with a suprasellar granular cell tumor.
This result measures the body's own Oxytocin. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.