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15349756

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
Pituitary carcinomas are uncommon and intradural metastatic spread to the spine is rarer still. We describe a 27-year old man with metastatic spinal cord compression from an adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) cell pituitary carcinoma, 16 years following the initial presentation. He had three previous resections of the pituitary tumour and post-operative radiotherapy. The intradural, extramedullary spinal metastases causing thoracic and lumbar cord compression were excised, with neurological improvement. Spinal metastases in pituitary carcinoma are uncommon, but aggressive surgical resection of the spinal metastases produces good symptomatic relief.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0001-6268
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
146
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1251-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Intradural metastatic spinal cord compression from ACTH-secreting pituitary carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports