- mammosomatotroph adenoma
- a plurihormonal adenoma composed of mammosomatotrophs, a single cell type secreting both growth hormone and prolactin; cf. mixed somatotroph-lactotroph a.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
mammosomatotroph adenoma
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