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ReviewNeurosurgical review2018

Double pituitary adenomas associated with persistent trigeminal artery: a rare case report and the review of literature.

Naohisa Miyagi, Ryou Doi, Terukazu Kuramoto, Kiyohiko Sakata, Shigeyuki Tahara, Yasuo Sugita, Motohiro Morioka

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Review in Neurosurgical review, 2018. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Naohisa MiyagiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahi-machi 67, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan. miyanao@med.kurume-u.ac.jp.
Ryou DoiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahi-machi 67, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
Terukazu KuramotoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahi-machi 67, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
Kiyohiko SakataDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahi-machi 67, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
Shigeyuki TaharaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nippon Medical School, Senndagi 1-1-5, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
Yasuo SugitaDepartment of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahi-machi 67, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
Motohiro MoriokaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahi-machi 67, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
Kurume University · JPNippon Medical School · JPOkinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple pituitary adenomas are rare. We present a quite unique case of double pituitary adenomas associated with persistent trigeminal artery (PTA) treated by endoscopic surgery. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature. A 64-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for suspicion of acromegaly. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging revealed two separate intrasellar masses with intrasellar vascular structure. Right cerebral angiography showed medial-type PTA. The patient underwent endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery and both tumors were resected completely. Postoperative immunohistopathologic examination revealed two histologic types of adenoma: the first tumor was positive for growth hormone (GH), while the second was considered nonfunctioning. Postoperatively, the patient's serum levels of GH and insulin-like growth factor-1 returned to normal. We observed an extremely rare case of double pituitary adenomas associated with PTA. Preoperative neuroimaging and modern endoscopic surgery are valuable to confirm diagnosis of double pituitary adenomas and identify anatomical localization of PTA.

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EndoscopyAdenomaArteriesFemaleHuman Growth HormoneHumansInsulin-Like Growth Factor IMagnetic Resonance ImagingMiddle AgedNeuroimagingPituitary NeoplasmsHuman Growth HormoneIGF1 protein, humanInsulin-Like Growth Factor ICoexistence caseDouble pituitary adenomasEndoscopic transsphenoidal surgeryPersistent trigeminal artery

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PMID29080054
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