title: Primary pituitary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with somatotroph hyperplasia and acromegaly: case report.
abstract: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and comprises approximately 30% of all lymphomas. Patients typically present with a nonpainful mass in the neck, groin, or abdomen associated with constitutional symptoms. In this report, however, the authors describe a rare case of a 61-year-old woman with hyperprolactinemia, hypothyroidism, and acromegaly (elevation of insulin-like growth factor-1 [IGF-1]) with elevated growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) in whom an MRI demonstrated diffuse enlargement of the pituitary gland. Despite medical treatment, the patient had persistent elevation of IGF-1. She underwent a transsphenoidal biopsy, which yielded a diagnosis of DLBCL with an activated B-cell immunophenotype with somatotroph hyperplasia. After stereo-tactic radiation therapy in combination with chemotherapy, she is currently in remission from her lymphoma and has normalized IGF-1 levels without medical therapy, 8 months after her histopathological diagnosis. This is the only reported case of its kind and displays the importance of a broad differential diagnosis, multidisciplinary evaluation, and critical intraoperative decision-making when treating atypical sellar lesions.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center and Huntsman Cancer Institute.
authors: Vijay M
authors: VM
authors: Ravindra
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center and Huntsman Cancer Institute.
authors: Amol
authors: A
authors: Raheja
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and.
authors: Heather
authors: H
authors: Corn
authors: Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
authors: Meghan
authors: M
authors: Driscoll
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and.
authors: Corrine
authors: C
authors: Welt
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and.
authors: Debra L
authors: DL
authors: Simmons
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center and Huntsman Cancer Institute.
authors: William T
authors: WT
authors: Couldwell
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D052683:Somatotrophs / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: ACTH = adrenocorticotropic hormone; B-cell; DLBCL = diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; GHRH = growth hormone–releasing hormone; IGF-1 = insulin-like growth factor-1; NHL = non-Hodgkin lymphoma; PCNSL = primary central nervous system lymphoma; R-CHOP = rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride, vincristine sulfate, and prednisone; SIADH = syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone; TSH = thyroid-stimulating hormone; lymphoma; pituitary surgery; somatotroph hyperplasia