title: Pituitary carcinoma: diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: Pituitary carcinomas are rare pituitary tumors that by definition have cerebrospinal and/or systemic metastases. Most of the tumors occur in the setting of multiple recurrences of invasive pituitary adenomas. This article reviews the clinical presentation of these tumors, their neuroimaging and pathological features, tumor pathogenesis, and possible treatment modalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. msl2e@virginia.edu
authors.forename: M Beatriz S
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Bernd W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Scheithauer
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schiff
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011878:Radiotherapy; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents