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1631767

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-14
pubmed:abstractText
A rare case of solitary plasmacytoma of the sphenoid sinus involving the pituitary fossa is reported. A 50-year-old woman with a history of diplopia and a mass in the sphenoid sinus and the sellar region, documented by computed tomography, was referred to our department with a presumed diagnosis of nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma. The clinical and biochemical characteristics were unrevealing, but magnetic resonance imaging examination demonstrated the extrapituitary origin of the lesion. The patient was operated on by the transsphenoidal approach, and the lesion was histologically diagnosed as a plasmacytoma. Review of the literature disclosed 11 previously described cases of myelomatous disease presenting clinically as a pituitary adenoma. Our case demonstrates that magnetic resonance imaging investigation may help in distinguishing the extrapituitary origin of a mass involving the pituitary fossa.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0090-3019
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
388-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Solitary plasmacytoma of the sphenoid sinus involving the pituitary fossa: a case report and review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Milano, IRCCS San Raffaele, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports