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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia: Brazilian Neurosurgery 2018; 37(02): 119-122
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1660465
Case Report | Relato de Caso
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Recurrent Pituicytoma in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report

Pituicitoma recorrente em um paciente pediátrico: relato de caso
Miguel Ángel Maldonado-Morán
1   Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia
,
Jeisson Ospina
2   Department of Neurological Surgery, Hospital Infantil Universitario de San José, Fundación Universitaria Ciencias de la Salud (FUCS), Bogotá, Colombia
,
Juan Vega
3   Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá, Colombia
,
Claudia Restrepo
4   Department of Neurological Surgery, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia
,
Daniela Rico
5   Department of Neurological Surgery, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia
,
Camilo Zubieta
6   Department of Neurological Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Bogotá, Colombia
,
Pedro Penagos
6   Department of Neurological Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Bogotá, Colombia
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Publikationsverlauf

28. Januar 2018

24. April 2018

Publikationsdatum:
11. Juni 2018 (online)

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Abstract

Pituicytoma is a rare tumor that arises from the glial cells of the neurohypophysis. For a long time, it was believed that pituicytomas only appeared in adults. Currently, at least three cases of this entity occurring in children have been reported in the literature. The aim of the present report is to describe the case of a 5-year-old girl who presented to the emergency department with visual disturbances, and the diagnosis was a recurrent pituicytoma. Therefore, the clinical presentation, the radiological features of the tumor, and the corresponding surgical management are described. Additionally, a brief review of the management of this unusual entity was performed.

Resumo

O pituicitoma é um tumor raro que surge das células gliais da neurohipófise. Durante muito tempo, acreditou-se que os pituicitomas só aparecessem em adultos. Atualmente, pelo menos três casos desta entidade ocorrendo em crianças foram relatados na literatura. O objetivo do presente artigo é descrever o caso de uma menina de 5 anos que chegou à emergência com distúrbios visuais, e o diagnóstico foi um pituicitoma recorrente. A apresentação clínica, as características radiológicas do tumor, e o correspondente manejo cirúrgico foram, portanto, descritos. Além disso, foi realizada uma breve revisão do tratamento desta entidade incomum.

Keywords

pituicytoma - pituitary tumor - pituitary stalk tumors - pediatric brain tumor

Palavras-chave

pituicitoma - tumor pituitário - tumores da haste hipofisária - tumor cerebral pediátrico
 

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