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Pituicytoma: overview of treatment strategies and outcome

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The pituicytoma is an extremely rare and little-studied primary tumour of the adult neurohypophysis. With total resection, the pituicytoma appears to have a good prognosis. However, its highly vascular nature makes total resection difficult and local recurrence after subtotal resection is not uncommon. To date, only 40 cases of pituicytoma have been reported in literature. In addition to our own case of a suprasellar pituicytoma, we are reviewing and discussing these with particular attention paid on the surgical management and outcome of this rare neoplasm.

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  1. International Neuroscience Institute, Rudolf Pichlmayr Str. 4, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Ariyan Pirayesh Islamian & Rudolf Fahlbusch

  2. Pathologisches Institut, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    Rolf Buslei

  3. Institut für Pathologie, Katholisches Marienkrankenhaus, Alfredstrasse 9, 22087, Hamburg, Germany

    Wolfgang Saeger

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Pirayesh Islamian, A., Buslei, R., Saeger, W. et al. Pituicytoma: overview of treatment strategies and outcome. Pituitary 15, 227–236 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11102-011-0317-0

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