ArticleBrain tumor research and treatment2017
Pituicytoma with Significant Tumor Vascularity Mimicking Pituitary Macroadenoma.
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- Primary tumors of the posterior pituitary: A systematic review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2019Pooled it
- Posterior transpetrosal approach to a suprasellar retroinfundibular pituicytoma: A case report and comprehensive literature review.Brain & spine · 2025Article
- Transnasal endoscopic removal of a pituicytoma: a case report.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Intraventricular pituicytoma: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 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
- Treatment and prognostic factors of pituicytoma: a single-center experience and comprehensive literature review.Pituitary · 2021Review
- A Rare Case of Pituicytoma Presenting Cystic Formation.Brain tumor research and treatment · 2021Article
- 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
- Posterior pituitary tumours: patient outcomes and determinants of disease recurrence or persistence.Endocrine connections · 2021Article
- 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
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Abstract
A 19-year-old man presented with bitemporal hemianopsia and was found to have a large sellar and suprasellar tumor, resembling a pituitary macroadenoma. Emergency transsphenoidal approach was attempted because of rapid visual deterioration with headache. However, the approach was complicated and stopped by uncontrolled hemorrhage from the tumor. After conventional cerebral angiography and recognition of an unusual pathology, transcranial approach was achieved to prevent permanent visual loss. The final pathological diagnosis was pituicytoma with epithelioid features. Pituicytoma is a rare low-grade tumor (WHO Grade I) of pituicytes involving the sellar and suprasellar region, and originating from special glial cells of the neurohypophysis. Because of the high vascularity, the firm consistency, and invasion to surrounding neurovascular structures, a pituicytoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of a mass in the sellar and suprasellar area if the tumor shows high enhancement with vascular components. We report a case of rare pituicytoma mimicking a pituitary macroadenoma with massive hemorrhage to disturb surgery.
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