ArticleJournal of neuro-oncology2010
Pituitary metastasis of Merkel cell carcinoma.
Article in Journal of neuro-oncology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Metastatic involvement of the pituitary gland: a systematic review with pooled individual patient data analysis.Pituitary · 2015Pooled it
- Clinical and biochemical characteristic features of metastatic cancer to the sella turcica: an analytical review.Pituitary · 2014Pooled it
- Stereotactic Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Merkel cell carcinoma brain metastases: case report and systematic review of literature.Brain & spine · 2025Article
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- Pituitary metastases from neuroendocrine neoplasms: case report and narrative review.Pituitary · 2021Review
- Brain metastasis of Merkel cell carcinoma - A rare case report.Surgical neurology international · 2019Article
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma with Distant Metastasis to the Clivus Causing Symptoms Mimicking Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2017Article
- Radiotherapy for metastatic merkel cell carcinoma: a review of the literature.Journal of skin cancer · 2012Article
- Clinical emergence of neurometastatic merkel cell carcinoma: a surgical case series and literature review.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2011Article
- Extensive central nervous system involvement in Merkel cell carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature.Journal of medical case reports · 2011Article
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Abstract
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a malignant neuroendocrine tumor of the skin that demonstrates a remarkable tendency to metastasize. However, only a few cases of MCC brain metastases have been reported in the literature. We here present a unique case of a pituitary metastasis of MCC in a 65-year-old patient with a history of pituitary adenoma. This case is particularly novel due to the fact that the primary site of the MCC is unknown.
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