Acidophilic stem cell adenoma of the pituitary is a very rare type of pituitary tumour with a prevalence of about 0.2%(1). They arise from common progenitor cells of growth hormone and prolactin cells(2). It is an aggressive adenoma with an invasive nature(3). There are only few case reports of acidophilic stem cell pituitary adenoma.
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