Pituitary carcinoma: a review of the literature

BT Ragel, WT Couldwell - Neurosurgical focus, 2004 - thejns.org
Pituitary carcinomas, defined as distant metastases of a pituitary neoplasm, are rare; fewer
than 140 reports exist in the English literature. The initial presenting pituitary tumor is usually …

Pituitary carcinoma: diagnosis and treatment

MBS Lopes, BW Scheithauer, D Schiff - Endocrine, 2005 - Springer
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 …

Metastatic spread to the pituitary

I Shimon - Neuroendocrinology, 2020 - karger.com
The pituitary fossa is an uncommon site for metastatic tumor spread. Metastatic lesions to the
sellar area derived mostly from breast, lung, renal, prostate, and colon cancers, and rarely …

Metastatic involvement of the pituitary gland: a systematic review with pooled individual patient data analysis

W He, F Chen, B Dalm, PA Kirby, JDW Greenlee - Pituitary, 2015 - Springer
Purpose To report a rare case of pituitary metastasis (PM) from hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC) and help better understand the incidence of PM and its most common presenting …

Corticotrophic pituitary carcinoma with cervical metastases: case series and literature review

F Yoo, EC Kuan, AP Heaney, M Bergsneider, MB Wang - Pituitary, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Pituitary tumors are the second most common intracranial tumors, however,
pituitary carcinoma is a rare clinical entity which represents only 0.1–0.2% of all pituitary …

Pituitary metastasis: a rare condition

A Javanbakht, M D'Apuzzo, B Badie… - Endocrine …, 2018 - ec.bioscientifica.com
Tumor metastasis to the pituitary gland is a life-threatening condition associated with short
life span. Pituitary metastasis is rare, however, and not well-documented. A better …

Diagnosis and management of pituitary carcinomas

GA Kaltsas, P Nomikos, G Kontogeorgos… - The Journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Pituitary carcinomas are rare, making up some 0.2% of all pituitary tumors, but represent a
particular challenge to clinical practice. The diagnosis of a pituitary carcinoma requires …

Current status and treatment modalities in metastases to the pituitary: a systematic review

S Ng, F Fomekong, V Delabar, T Jacquesson… - Journal of Neuro …, 2020 - Springer
Background Metastases to the pituitary (MP) are uncommon, accounting for 0.4% of
intracranial metastases. Through advances in neuroimaging and oncological therapies …

Pituitary metastases: current practice in Japan

M Habu, H Tokimura, H Hirano, S Yasuda… - Journal of …, 2015 - thejns.org
OBJECT With advancement of cancer treatment and development of neuroimaging
techniques, contemporary clinical pictures of pituitary metastases (PMs) must have changed …

Aggressive pituitary tumours and pituitary carcinomas

G Raverot, MD Ilie, H Lasolle, V Amodru… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Although usually benign, anterior pituitary tumours occasionally exhibit aggressive
behaviour, with invasion of surrounding tissues, rapid growth, resistance to conventional …