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11584580

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
Intracranial metastasis occurs in a certain number of patients with carcinoid tumor. However, carcinoid tumor with metastasis to the pituitary gland is extremely rare. Up to the present, no effective treatment for either a metastatic intracranial carcinoid tumor or a metastatic pituitary lesion of any origin has been documented. We have treated a case of metastatic carcinoid tumor of the pituitary gland with transsphenoidal tumor resection followed by gamma knife radiosurgery. A 59-year-old man presented with headache and left oculomotor palsy. He was treated at the same hospital for bronchial atypical carcinoid tumor one and a half years ago. Magnetic resonance image of the brain showed a pituitary tumor. There were no signs of recurrent or metastatic lesion elsewhere despite thorough investigation. Transsphenoidal approach for removal of tumor was done and the pathology turned out to be a metastatic carcinoid tumor. Subsequent gamma knife radiosurgery was given for residual tumor. The oculomotor palsy improved after radiosurgery. No neurological deficit occurred. Follow-up CT scan of the brain showed complete resolution of the tumor. We concluded that gamma knife radiosurgery could be used to treat a metastatic intracranial carcinoid tumor. It can also be used to treat a metastatic lesion of the pituitary gland without causing neurological deficit.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0578-1337
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
414-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
A metastatic pituitary carcinoid tumor successfully treated with gamma knife radiosurgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan. muhuang@vghtpe.gov.tw
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports