Prolactin Secreting Pituitary Carcinoma with Extracranial Spread Presenting with Pathological Fracture of Femur

For confirmation of diagnosis of pituitary carcinoma, which require demonstration of the presence of metastases, which may develop due to malignant transformation of preexisting benign pituitary adenoma after a varied latency period, ranging from few months to many years.[...]dissemination through c...

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Published inJournal of neurosciences in rural practice Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 170 - 173
Main Authors Moscote-Salazar, Luis Rafael, Satyarthee, Guru Dutta, Calderon-Miranda, Willem Guillermo, Matus, Jorge Aquino, Pacheco-Hernandez, Alfonso, Puac-Polanco, Paulo Cesar, Agrawal, Amit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published A-12, Second Floor, Sector -2, NOIDA -201301, India Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd 01.01.2018
Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Thieme Medical Publishers Inc
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Subjects
Brain cancer
Cancer
Cancer metastasis
Care and treatment
Case studies
Chemotherapy
Dopamine
Femur
Fractures
Health aspects
Letters to Editor
Letters to the Editor
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
Neurosurgery
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Pituitary gland
Pituitary tumors
Prolactinoma
Radiation therapy
Radiology
Spinal cord
Tumors
North Carolina
United States > US
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Summary:For confirmation of diagnosis of pituitary carcinoma, which require demonstration of the presence of metastases, which may develop due to malignant transformation of preexisting benign pituitary adenoma after a varied latency period, ranging from few months to many years.[...]dissemination through cerebrospinal fluid pathways can occur mostly after surgery.[...]patient was 48-year treated with external vein pituitary radiotherapy, bromocriptine, transsphenoidal hypophysectomy, and chemotherapy after 15 years developed bone swelling, and biopsia revealed carcinoma cells.
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ISSN:0976-3147
0976-3155
DOI:10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_325_17