[Immunohematologic changes in pituitary adenomas]

The authors conducted studies of colony-producing capacity of precursor cells of bone marrow granulomonopoiesis and cytogenetic study of blood T lymphocytes in 13 patients with adenoma of the hypophysis. It was established that adenomas of the hypophysis are attended by the development of functional deficiency of T lymphocytes and the resultant disturbance of T cell regulation of granulomonopoiesis. The disorder of granulomonopoiesis occurs at the level of the precursor cells in the bone marrow.