An unusual pituitary stalk lesion: What is the place of surgery?

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Date publication

décembre 2016

Journal

Neuro-Chirurgie

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr CLAVIER Jean-Baptiste, Dr LHERMITTE Benoît, Pr PROUST François


Tous les auteurs :
Todeschi J, Chibbaro S, Clavier JB, Lhermitte B, Goichot B, Proust F

Résumé

Sellar and suprasellar primary melanocytic tumors are exceptional occurrences. Besides the difficulty of differential diagnosis between a primary and secondary lesion, treatment of these pathologies is still unclear and controversial.

Mots clés

Adult, Antineoplastic Agents, therapeutic use, Combined Modality Therapy, Cranial Irradiation, Dacarbazine, analogs & derivatives, Diabetes Insipidus, etiology, Endoscopy, methods, Fatal Outcome, Female, Hemianopsia, etiology, Humans, Hypopituitarism, etiology, Indoles, therapeutic use, Melanoma, complications, Pituitary Neoplasms, complications, Sulfonamides, therapeutic use, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Référence

Neurochirurgie. 2016 Dec;62(6):339-343