Granular Cell Tumor of the Pituitary Stalk: A Rare and Benign Entity

Granular cell tumor of the pituitary stalk is an uncommon benign lesion that usually appears like a suprasellar mass with visual disturbances. This diagnosis should be considered with the discovery of neurohypophysis tumors. Histological confirmation remains essential. We describe one case of this r...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gregoire, A., Bosschaert, P., Godfraind, C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ubiquity Press 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6032804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30039073
http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.841
_version_ 1783337574846169088
author Gregoire, A.
Bosschaert, P.
Godfraind, C.
author_facet Gregoire, A.
Bosschaert, P.
Godfraind, C.
author_sort Gregoire, A.
collection PubMed
description Granular cell tumor of the pituitary stalk is an uncommon benign lesion that usually appears like a suprasellar mass with visual disturbances. This diagnosis should be considered with the discovery of neurohypophysis tumors. Histological confirmation remains essential. We describe one case of this rare entity and review the literature.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-6032804
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher Ubiquity Press
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-60328042018-07-23 Granular Cell Tumor of the Pituitary Stalk: A Rare and Benign Entity Gregoire, A. Bosschaert, P. Godfraind, C. J Belg Soc Radiol Case Report Granular cell tumor of the pituitary stalk is an uncommon benign lesion that usually appears like a suprasellar mass with visual disturbances. This diagnosis should be considered with the discovery of neurohypophysis tumors. Histological confirmation remains essential. We describe one case of this rare entity and review the literature. Ubiquity Press 2015-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6032804/ /pubmed/30039073 http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.841 Text en Copyright: © 2015 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY 3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.
spellingShingle Case Report
Gregoire, A.
Bosschaert, P.
Godfraind, C.
Granular Cell Tumor of the Pituitary Stalk: A Rare and Benign Entity
title Granular Cell Tumor of the Pituitary Stalk: A Rare and Benign Entity
title_full Granular Cell Tumor of the Pituitary Stalk: A Rare and Benign Entity
title_fullStr Granular Cell Tumor of the Pituitary Stalk: A Rare and Benign Entity
title_full_unstemmed Granular Cell Tumor of the Pituitary Stalk: A Rare and Benign Entity
title_short Granular Cell Tumor of the Pituitary Stalk: A Rare and Benign Entity
title_sort granular cell tumor of the pituitary stalk: a rare and benign entity
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6032804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30039073
http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.841
work_keys_str_mv AT gregoirea granularcelltumorofthepituitarystalkarareandbenignentity
AT bosschaertp granularcelltumorofthepituitarystalkarareandbenignentity
AT godfraindc granularcelltumorofthepituitarystalkarareandbenignentity

Ejemplares similares