International Neuroscience Institute, Rudolf Pichlmayr Str. 4, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Pituitary. 2012 Jun;15(2):227-36. doi: 10.1007/s11102-011-0317-0.
The pituicytoma is an extremely rare and little-studied primary tumour of the adult neurohypophysis. With total resection, the pituicytoma appears to have a good prognosis. However, its highly vascular nature makes total resection difficult and local recurrence after subtotal resection is not uncommon. To date, only 40 cases of pituicytoma have been reported in literature. In addition to our own case of a suprasellar pituicytoma, we are reviewing and discussing these with particular attention paid on the surgical management and outcome of this rare neoplasm.
垂体细胞瘤是一种极其罕见且研究甚少的成人神经垂体原发性肿瘤。全切除后，垂体细胞瘤的预后似乎较好。然而，其高度血管化的性质使得全切除变得困难，次全切除后的局部复发并不少见。迄今为止，文献中仅报道了 40 例垂体细胞瘤。除了我们自己的一例鞍上垂体细胞瘤病例外，我们还对这些病例进行了回顾和讨论，特别关注了这种罕见肿瘤的手术处理和结果。
