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Clinical and imaging features of granular cell tumor of the neurohypophysis: A retrospective analysis.
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- Granular cell tumors of the sellar region: what should be done after subtotal resection? A systematic review.Pituitary · 2020Pooled it
- Primary tumors of the posterior pituitary: A systematic review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2019Pooled it
- Posterior Pituitary and Hypothalamic Neuronal Tumors in the 5th WHO Classification: Molecular Insights, Diagnostic Markers, and Clinical Management.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Granular cell tumors of the neurohypophysis with atypical imaging features: a case report and literature review.BMC neurology · 2026Review
- Preoperative Prediction of Non-functional Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors and Posterior Pituitary Tumors Based on MRI Radiomic Features.Journal of imaging informatics in medicine · 2026Article
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- Imaging Features and Clinical Characteristics of Granular Cell Tumors: A Single-Center Investigation.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Clinical characteristics and surgical approach for pituitary granular cell tumors: a case series of six patients and literature review.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Radiological and pathological findings of spinal intramedullary granular cell tumor.Surgical neurology international · 2025Article
- Treatment modalities and outcomes of granular cell tumors and spindle cell oncocytomas of the pituitary gland: an analysis of two national cancer databases.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Article
- Supra-sellar granular cell tumor: Report of a case with literature review.International journal of surgery case reports · 2023Article
- Neoplasms and tumor-like lesions of the sellar region: imaging findings with correlation to pathology and 2021 WHO classification.Neuroradiology · 2023Review
- Posterior pituitary tumours: patient outcomes and determinants of disease recurrence or persistence.Endocrine connections · 2021Article
- Rare neurohypophyseal tumor presenting as giant pituitary macroadenoma with cavernous sinus invasion - A case report and review of literature.Surgical neurology international · 2020Article
- Clinical features and endoscopic findings of granular cell tumor of the sellar region: A case report and review of the literature.Surgical neurology international · 2020Article
- Aggressive granular cell tumor of the neurohypophysis with optic tract edema and invasion into third ventricle.Surgical neurology international · 2019Article
- FROM 'NULL CELL ADENOMA' TO REFINED DIAGNOSIS: PITFALLS IN PITUITARY MASS EVALUATION.Acta endocrinologica (Bucharest, Romania : 2005)Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to explore x-ray computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics specific to granular cell tumors (GCTs) of the neurohypophysis.The clinical and imaging data of 6 patients with operation-proven GCTs of the neurohypophysis were analyzed retrospectively.There were 6 patients with GCTs of the neurohypophysis confirmed pathologically. Five of the tumors were purely suprasellar lesions distinct from the intrasellar pituitary gland. One tumor was both intra- and suprasellar. Solid tumors were hyperattenuated and enhanced homogeneously on CT, while showing isointensity on T1WI and heterogeneous hypointensity on T2WI, with homogeneous (4/5) or inhomogeneous (1/5) enhancement. The cystic tumor showed hypointensity on T1WI and hyperintensity on T2WI, with ring enhancement. "Star-like crack sign" was seen in 2 larger solid cases. Calcification was absent in all cases.Well-circumscribed intra and/or suprasellar masses, hyperattenuated and homogeneously enhancing on CT, hypointensity on T2WI, rarely seen calcification, should arouse suspicion of GCTs of the neurohypophysis.
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