Case report: cushing disease caused by an ectopic intracavernous pituitary microadenoma: case report and review of the literature.
Despite increasing performance of pituitary imaging, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary adenomas are often difficult to identify because of their small size and variable location. We present a case of ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome in which the demonstration of the cavernous sinus localization of a microadenoma was made by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Ectopic pituitary microadenomas have been described only in a few reports, and the current case-report is the first to our knowledge to illustrate clearly the intracavernous localization of the microadenoma.
Hamon
Michèle
M
Department of Neuroradiology and Interventional Radiology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, Caen, France. hamon-mi@chu-caen.fr
Coffin
Christine
C
Courthéoux
Patrick
P
Théron
Jacques
J
Reznik
Yves
Y
D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D002426:Cavernous Sinus; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications*; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism
D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone