Coexistence of a cerebellopontine epidermoid cyst with a pituitary adenoma.
We report on an 18-year-old girl with the coexistence of an epidermoid cyst in the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) with a pituitary adenoma. The clinical course and histopathological characteristics were reviewed. The patient presented with headache, vision loss and amenorea. Computerised tomographic (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations demonstrated a solid sellar lesion with supra-sellar extension. There was another mass lesion in the CPA with prepontine extension. The tumours were removed surgically. Histopathological examination revealed an epidermoid cyst in the prepontine area and a pituitary adenoma in the sellar region. This has been the second case to be reported in the literature with the coexistence of an epidermoid cyst and a pituitary adenoma.
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey. mserdarkemaloglu@yahoo.com
Serdar
S
Kemaloğlu
Umit
U
Ozkan
Ibrahim
I
Ziyal
Yaşar
Y
Bukte
Adnan
A
Ceviz
D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications*; D000293:Adolescent; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000473:pathology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology