ArticlePituitary2014
Pituitary carcinoma with fourth ventricle metastasis: treatment by excision and Gamma-knife radiosurgery.
Article in Pituitary, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Genetic aspects of pituitary carcinoma: A systematic review.Medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Role of Surgery in the Multimodal Treatment of Pituitary Carcinoma: A Retrospective Single-Institution Case Series.Cancers · 2026Article
- Aggressive and malignant pituitary tumours: does the sex matter?Pituitary · 2026Review
- Clinical features of pituitary carcinoma: analysis based on a case report and literature review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Metastatic Seeding From a Gastrointestinal Neoplasia in a Pituitary Adenoma: A Case Report and Literature Review.Cureus · 2023Article
- Delayed Craniospinal Metastasis of Aggressive Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas as Pituitary Carcinomas.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2022Article
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- Incidence, demographics, and survival of patients with primary pituitary tumors: a SEER database study in 2004-2016.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Malignant Prolactinoma With Liver Metastases Masquerading as Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Case Report and Literature Review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2020Review
- Pituitary carcinomas: Rare and challenging.Surgical neurology international · 2019Article
- Corticotrophic pituitary carcinoma with cervical metastases: case series and literature review.Pituitary · 2018Review
- Case report: ACTH-secreting pituitary carcinoma metastatic to the liver in a patient with a history of atypical pituitary adenoma and Cushing's disease.Diagnostic pathology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Pituitary carcinomas, which are rare, generally present with craniospinal and systemic metastases. Although several treatments exist, the prognoses of patients with pituitary carcinomas are extremely poor to date. In this report, the authors describe the case of a 23-year-old male who had undergone trans-sphenoidal surgery and radiotherapy for an invasive prolactinoma. Seven years later, he presented with a new 4th ventricle metastasis from the pituitary lesion, and it was diagnosed with a pituitary carcinoma. He underwent resection and Gamma-knife radiosurgery (GKRS). The tumor has been well controlled for over 3 years. To our knowledge, there have been no reports of the effects of GKRS in patients with pituitary carcinomas. GKRS might have considerable effects in the treatment of pituitary carcinomas.
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