Pituitary Carcinoma with Cerebral Spinal Fluid Dissemination Presenting with Spinal Cord Compression

Carcinoma de Hipófise com Disseminação Liquórica Apresentando-se com Compressão Medular

• João Pedro Einsfeld Britz 1    
• Guilherme Reghelin Goulart 1
• Ericson Sfreddo 1
• André Martins de Lima Cecchini 1
• Felipe Martins de Lima Cecchini 1
• Tobias Ludwig do Nascimento 1
• Gerson Evandro Perondi 1

• https://doi.org/doi.org/10.22290/jbnc.2023.340412
• J Bras Neurocirur 34 (4):506-510, 2023

Resumo

 O carcinoma de hipófise é um tumor raro da hipófise anterior e, por definição, ocorre na presença de metástase à distância. O tratamento envolve a ressecção cirúrgica, radioterapia e quimioterapia adjuvante. Os autores relatam o caso de um paciente com carcinoma de hipófise que evoluiu com compressão medular.

Palavras-chave

Palavras-chave: Neoplasias de hipófise; Tumores de hipófise; Adenoma hipofisário; Compressão da medula espinhal

Abstract

Pituitary carcinoma is a rare tumor of the anterior pituitary, and by definition occurs in the presence of distant metastasis. Treatment involves surgical resection, radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy. The authors report the case of a patient with pituitary carcinoma that evolved with spinal cord compression.

Keywords

Keywords: Pituitary neoplasms; Pituitary tumors; Pituitary adenoma; Spinal cord compression

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1 MD, Department of Neurosurgery, Cristo Redentor Hospital, Conceição Hospitalar Group, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

 

Received Jul 26, 2023

Accepted Aug 15, 2023