Granular Cell Tumor in the Pituitary Stalk: A Case Report

Granular cell tumors (GCTs) have been reported in various tissues, especially the skin and subcutaneous soft tissue of the head and neck. We report a 60-year-old man who presented with intermittent headache and dizziness for 3 months, but no other neurological symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging (M...

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Autores principales: Park, Soo Jeong, Chang, Youn Hyuk, Yang, Na-Rae, Seo, Eui Kyo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Brain Tumor Society; The Korean Society for Neuro-Oncology; The Korean Society for Pediatric Neuro-Oncology 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4426281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25977911
http://dx.doi.org/10.14791/btrt.2015.3.1.60
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author Park, Soo Jeong
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description Granular cell tumors (GCTs) have been reported in various tissues, especially the skin and subcutaneous soft tissue of the head and neck. We report a 60-year-old man who presented with intermittent headache and dizziness for 3 months, but no other neurological symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed the presence of a mass in the pituitary stalk, and contrast-enhanced MRI showed nodular enhancement in this region. The lesion was completely excised microscopically via a frontotemporal (pterional) approach. On pathological examination, a final diagnosis of a typical GCT was made.
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spelling pubmed-44262812015-05-14 Granular Cell Tumor in the Pituitary Stalk: A Case Report Park, Soo Jeong Chang, Youn Hyuk Yang, Na-Rae Seo, Eui Kyo Brain Tumor Res Treat Case Report Granular cell tumors (GCTs) have been reported in various tissues, especially the skin and subcutaneous soft tissue of the head and neck. We report a 60-year-old man who presented with intermittent headache and dizziness for 3 months, but no other neurological symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed the presence of a mass in the pituitary stalk, and contrast-enhanced MRI showed nodular enhancement in this region. The lesion was completely excised microscopically via a frontotemporal (pterional) approach. On pathological examination, a final diagnosis of a typical GCT was made. The Korean Brain Tumor Society; The Korean Society for Neuro-Oncology; The Korean Society for Pediatric Neuro-Oncology 2015-04 2015-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4426281/ /pubmed/25977911 http://dx.doi.org/10.14791/btrt.2015.3.1.60 Text en Copyright © 2015 The Korean Brain Tumor Society, The Korean Society for Neuro-Oncology, and The Korean Society for Pediatric Neuro-Oncology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_sort granular cell tumor in the pituitary stalk: a case report
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