Gonadotropic pituitary carcinoma: case report

Neurosurgery. 1995 Oct;37(4):810-5; discussion 815-6. doi: 10.1227/00006123-199510000-00027.

Abstract

A 37-year-old man developed multiple intracranial, intraspinal, and general metastases from an invasive nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma after surgery and radiation therapy. This is the first gonadotropic pituitary carcinoma reported in literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / diagnosis
  • Adenoma / pathology
  • Adenoma / radiotherapy
  • Adenoma / surgery*
  • Adult
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Gonadotropins, Pituitary / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Hypophysectomy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / radiotherapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Pituitary Gland / pathology
  • Pituitary Irradiation
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Gonadotropins, Pituitary