Pituitary carcinomas: review of the current literature and report of atypical case.

Abstract:

:Introduction: Pituitary carcinomas are poorly understood, rare entities. They are distinguished from adenomas not by histopathological features but rather by the presence of metastases.Objective: We discuss the diagnosis, mechanism of dissemination and pathogenesis based on a review of the literature and illustrated by a singular case.Case Report: A 59-year-old male presented with a dural-based posterior fossa lesion. He had been diagnosed with a pituitary chromophobe adenoma 43 years earlier that was treated at the time with surgery and radiation therapy. A presumptive diagnosis of a radiation-induced meningioma was made and surgery was recommended. At surgery the tumour resembled a pituitary adenoma. Histopathology, laboratory findings, and the patient's medical history confirmed the final diagnosis of a prolactin-secreting pituitary carcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the longest reported interval between the pituitary adenoma and metastatic lesion diagnosis (43 years).Conclusion: Management should be tailored to individual patient and may include a combination of treatments (surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and hormone-targeted therapy). Functionally active tumours may be monitored with hormone levels as tumour markers.

journal_name

Br J Neurosurg

authors

Todeschini AB,Beer-Furlan A,Montaser AS,Jamshidi AO,Ghalib L,Chavez JA,Lehman NL,Prevedello DM

doi

10.1080/02688697.2019.1582750

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-10-01 00:00:00

pages

528-533

issue

5

eissn

0268-8697

issn

1360-046X

journal_volume

34

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