title: Gonadotropic pituitary carcinoma: case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie et Neuroradiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Saint-Etienne, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beauchesne
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trouillas
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barral
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brunon
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology; D010910:Pituitary Irradiation; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary