TY - JOUR
T1 - Ectopic pituitary adenoma of the third ventricle. Case report
AU - Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, B. K.
AU - Winston, K. R.
AU - Rubinstein, D.
AU - Samuels, M. H.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Ectopic pituitary adenomas without associated intrasellar adenomas are rare and are usually located in the sphenoid sinus. Most have been reported without modern radiological, endocrinological, or electron microscopic (EM) documentation. The case of a 47-year-old man with a third ventricular, ectopic, clinically non-secretory pituitary adenoma, which was shown to be a gonadotrophic adenoma by immunohistochemical and EM study, is reported. Neurological examination, extensive neurodiagnostic imaging, surgical anatomical observation, and endocrinological evaluation showed no evidence of neoplasia outside the third ventricle.
AB - Ectopic pituitary adenomas without associated intrasellar adenomas are rare and are usually located in the sphenoid sinus. Most have been reported without modern radiological, endocrinological, or electron microscopic (EM) documentation. The case of a 47-year-old man with a third ventricular, ectopic, clinically non-secretory pituitary adenoma, which was shown to be a gonadotrophic adenoma by immunohistochemical and EM study, is reported. Neurological examination, extensive neurodiagnostic imaging, surgical anatomical observation, and endocrinological evaluation showed no evidence of neoplasia outside the third ventricle.
KW - Pituitary adenoma
KW - ectopic tumor
KW - third ventricle
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U2 - 10.3171/jns.1990.72.1.0139
DO - 10.3171/jns.1990.72.1.0139
M3 - Article
C2 - 2294174
AN - SCOPUS:0025100941
SN - 0022-3085
VL - 72
SP - 139
EP - 142
JO - Journal of neurosurgery
JF - Journal of neurosurgery
IS - 1
ER -