[Nonfunctioning suprasellar ectopic pituitary adenoma. A case report].
A case of nonfunctioning suprasellar ectopic pituitary adenoma in a 49-year-old man is reported. The patient was refered to us with a partial visual field defect of the right eye. Neuroendocrinological examinations showed slightly higher levels of adrenocorticotrophic hormone and prolactin. MR imagings revealed an enhancing suprasellar tumor and a normal pituitary gland in the sella turcica. The patient underwent a craniotomy and the tumor was partially removed, although it was firmly attached to the pituitary stalk. The tumor was diagnosed histologically as a nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma. Cases of nonfunctioning suprasellar ectopic pituitary adenoma have rarely been reported. The pathophysiology of such tumors is discussed.
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Gohei
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Department of Neurosurgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
Takeshita
Tomoki
T
Morofuji
Yoichi
Y
Iseki
Masachika
M
Hayashi
Tomayoshi
T
Matsuo
Takayuki
T
Suyama
Kazuhiko
K
Nagata
Izumi
I
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010902:Pituitary Gland; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012658:Sella Turcica; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery