Drop Metastasis of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Producing Pituitary Carcinoma to the Cauda Equina

The diagnosis of pituitary carcinoma cannot be made easily histologically, and most cases of pituitary carcinoma are diagnosed only after the clinical detection of metastasis. Distant metastasis of pituitary tumor occurs in 0.1% to 0.2% of cases and has been reported in the liver, bone and central n...

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Autores principales: Takeuchi, Kenichi, Hagiwara, Yoko, Kanaya, Koichi, Wada, Keiji, Shiba, Masahiro, Kato, Yoshiharu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Spine Surgery 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25346823
http://dx.doi.org/10.4184/asj.2014.8.5.680
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Sumario:The diagnosis of pituitary carcinoma cannot be made easily histologically, and most cases of pituitary carcinoma are diagnosed only after the clinical detection of metastasis. Distant metastasis of pituitary tumor occurs in 0.1% to 0.2% of cases and has been reported in the liver, bone and central nervous system, with only one case of metastasis to the cauda equine reported. This study describes a rare case of the drop metastasis of adrenocorticotropic hormone-producing pituitary adenocarcinoma to the cauda equina, causing cauda equina syndrome.

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