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ArticleCureus2024

A Rare Pituitary Tumor.

Ramya Bhat, Nikhil Shankar, Chirag Lu, Rakshith Srinivasa, Shilpa Rao, Pramila Kalra

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Ramya BhatInternal Medicine, Mathikere Sampige (M S) Ramaiah Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, IND.
Nikhil ShankarInternal Medicine, Mathikere Sampige (M S) Ramaiah Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, IND.
Chirag LuEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, IND.
Rakshith SrinivasaNeurosurgery, Mathikere Sampige (M S) Ramaiah Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, IND.
Shilpa RaoNeuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore, IND.
Pramila KalraEndocrinology and Metabolism, Mathikere Sampige (M S) Ramaiah Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, IND.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sellar-suprasellar masses, with diverse origins ranging from infiltrative to neoplastic processes, are frequently encountered in endocrinology clinics. Evaluation involves a detailed history, hormone analysis, and imaging of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. However, overlapping hormonal and imaging features can complicate diagnosis, often necessitating confirmation through tissue biopsy. Pituicytoma, a rare sellar tumor mimicking other masses biochemically and radiologically, exemplifies this challenge. These are benign intracranial neoplasms with characteristic bipolar spindle-shaped astrocytic cells organized in fascicular or storiform patterns with specific immunohistochemistry. The current case is of an elderly postmenopausal woman with a history of hypertension who presented with recurrent headaches and transient vision loss in the left eye. Imaging studies revealed a suprasellar mass, which was biopsied and diagnosed on histopathological examination as a pituicytoma. This case highlights the importance of considering less common etiologies when encountering such presentations.

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endocrinologypituitarypituitary dysfunctionpituitary tumour pituicytomarare tumorsupra sellar mass

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PMID39070413
PMCPMC11281943

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