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 …

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 …

Cushing's disease

F Castinetti, I Morange, B Conte-Devolx… - Orphanet Journal of Rare …, 2012 - Springer
Cushing's disease, or pituitary ACTH dependent Cushing's syndrome, is a rare disease
responsible for increased morbidity and mortality. Signs and symptoms of hypercortisolism …

Consensus guideline for the diagnosis and management of pituitary adenomas in childhood and adolescence: Part 2, specific diseases

M Korbonits, JC Blair, A Boguslawska, J Ayuk… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Pituitary adenomas are rare in children and young people under the age of 19 (hereafter
referred to as CYP) but they pose some different diagnostic and management challenges in …

Pituitary carcinoma: a clinicopathological review

BW Scheithauer, Ö Kurtkaya-Yapcer, KT Kovacs… - …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Aggressive Cushing's disease: molecular pathology and its therapeutic approach

M Yamamoto, T Nakao, W Ogawa… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cushing's disease is a syndromic pathological condition caused by adrenocorticotropic
hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary adenomas (ACTHomas) mediated by …

Outcome and prognostic factors for pituitary carcinomas: lessons from a systematic review

P Raymond, G Raverot, MD Ilie - Endocrine-related cancer, 2023 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Purpose The purpose of this work was toinvestigate the clinicopathological characteristics at
the initial diagnosis of the pituitary tumor and at pituitary carcinoma (PC) diagnosis …

Malignant transformation in non-functioning pituitary adenomas (pituitary carcinoma)

N Lenders, A McCormack - Pituitary, 2018 - Springer
Non-functioning pituitary carcinomas (NFPC) are defined as tumours of adenophyseal origin
with craniospinal or systemic dissemination, with the absence of a hormonal hypersecretion …

Crooke's cell tumors of the pituitary

A Di Ieva, JM Davidson, LV Syro, F Rotondo… - …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Crooke's cell adenomas are a rare type of pituitary neoplasm. They produce
adrenocorticotropic hormone causing Cushing's disease or may be endocrinologically …

Temozolomide responsiveness in aggressive corticotroph tumours: a case report and review of the literature

AK Annamalai, AF Dean, N Kandasamy, K Kovacs… - Pituitary, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Pituitary carcinoma occurs in~ 0.2% of resected pituitary tumours and carries a poor
prognosis (mean survival< 4 years), with standard chemotherapy regimens showing limited …