Context: Although pituitary tumors are common, pituitary carcinoma is very rare and is only
diagnosed when pituitary tumor noncontiguous with the sellar region is demonstrated …

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 …

Background Pituitary carcinoma (PC) is an aggressive neuroendocrine tumor diagnosed
when a pituitary adenoma (PA) becomes metastatic. PCs are typically resistant to therapy …

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 …

Pituitary tumors are benign but not uncommonly invade locally into adjacent tissues such as
the cavernous sinus and dura. Some of these invasive tumors exhibit varying degrees of …

Although usually benign, anterior pituitary tumours occasionally exhibit aggressive
behaviour, with invasion of surrounding tissues, rapid growth, resistance to conventional …

Abstract The European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) survey reported on the largest cohort
of 125 aggressive pituitary tumours (APT) and 40 pituitary carcinomas (PC). Whilst the …

Pituitary carcinoma is a rare disease, defined by the presence of cerebrospinal or distant
metastasis of a pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (PitNET). To review our institutional …

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 …

Abstract PITUITARY CARCINOMAS ARE rare tumors; less than 100 well-documented cases
have been reported to date. Such tumors are aggressive and associated with a high …