ArticleOncology letters2016
Pituicytoma: A report of three cases and literature review.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Primary tumors of the posterior pituitary: A systematic review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2019Pooled it
- Distinctive Characteristics of Rare Sellar Lesions Mimicking Pituitary Adenomas: A Collection of Unusual Neoplasms.Cancers · 2025Article
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- Histopathological Types, Clinical Presentation, Imaging Studies, Treatment Strategies, and Prognosis of Posterior Pituitary Tumors: An Updated Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Transnasal endoscopic removal of a pituicytoma: a case report.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Posterior transpetrosal approach to a suprasellar retroinfundibular pituicytoma: A case report and comprehensive literature review.Brain & spine · 2025Article
- A Rare Pituitary Tumor.Cureus · 2024Article
- Surgical approach to the treatment of pituicytoma. Report of five cases and a literature review.World neurosurgery: X · 2023Article
- Surgical management of pituicytomas: a single-center case series.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2023Article
- Pituicytoma: A rare tumor of the sella. A case report and review of literature for diagnosis and management.Surgical neurology international · 2023Article
- Pituicytoma: A rare case report of sellar and suprasellar tumor.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
- Treatment and prognostic factors of pituicytoma: a single-center experience and comprehensive literature review.Pituitary · 2021Review
- Clinical features, radiological profiles, pathological features and surgical outcomes of pituicytomas: a report of 11 cases and a pooled analysis of individual patient data.Military Medical Research · 2021Article
- Infectious Complications of Expanded Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of 100 Cases.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2020Article
- [Pituitary gland tumors].Der Radiologe · 2019Review
- Histologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular features of pituicytomas and atypical pituicytomas.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2019Article
- Clinical features, diagnosis and therapy of pituicytoma: an update.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2019Review
- Management of pituicytomas: a multicenter series of eight cases.Pituitary · 2018Article
- An exceptional presentation of pituicytoma apoplexy: A case report.Oncology letters · 2018Article
- Freiburg Neuropathology Case Conference : Tumor Located in the Anterior Portion of the Third Ventricle.Clinical neuroradiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Pituicytoma is a rare tumor of the sellar and suprasellar regions, arising from the pituicytes, which are specialized glial cells in the neurohypophysis and infundibulum. Due to its rarity, ambiguity persists over the diagnosis, management and prognosis of pituicytoma. The current study presents a case series of three patients, each with a histopathological diagnosis of pituicytoma. A summary of the clinical manifestations, radiological characteristics, histopathological features, treatment strategies and prognoses are presented. In addition, 78 cases of pituicytoma, identified in a search of the published literature in Pubmed, are profiled. Pituicytoma typically presents with dysfunction of the optic nerve and pituitary. The radiological characteristics are nonspecific; diagnosis is typically made on the basis of histopathological results. The tumor is slow growing and benign and is amenable to surgical treatment by gross total resection; subsequent tumor recurrence is rare. A definitive assessment of prognosis requires an extended follow-up in a larger cohort.
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