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ArticleSurgical neurology international2016

Subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by an undifferentiated sarcoma of the sellar region.

Tsukasa Ganaha, Joji Inamasu, Motoki Oheda, Mitsuhiro Hasegawa, Yuichi Hirose, Masato Abe

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tsukasa GanahaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake, Japan.
Joji InamasuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake, Japan.
Motoki OhedaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake, Japan.
Mitsuhiro HasegawaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake, Japan.
Yuichi HiroseDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake, Japan.
Masato AbeDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake, Japan.
Fujita Health University Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIt is rare for patients with pituitary apoplexy to exhibit concomitant subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Only a handful of patients with pituitary apoplexy have developed such hemorrhagic complications, and histopathological examination revealed pituitary adenoma as the cause of SAH. CASE REPORT: A previously healthy 35-year-old woman was brought to our institution after complaining of severe headache and left monocular blindness. Brain computed tomography showed a diffuse SAH with a central low density. Subsequently, the brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intrasellar mass with heterogeneous contrast enhancement. The patient was presumptively diagnosed with SAH secondary to hemorrhagic pituitary adenoma and underwent transcranial surgery to remove both the tumor and subarachnoid clot. A histological evaluation of the surgical specimen revealed malignant cells with strong predilection for vascular invasion. Following immunohistochemical evaluation, the tumor was negative for the majority of tumor markers and was positive only for vimentin and p53; thus, a diagnosis of undifferentiated sarcoma was established.

conclusionsThis case was informative in the respect that tumors other than pituitary adenoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients with pituitary apoplexy.

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Pituitary apoplexysella turcicasubarachnoid hemorrhageundifferentiated sarcoma

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PMID27500006
PMCPMC4960927
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