Blagoveshchenskaia N S, Burgman G P
Vopr Neirokhir. 1978 Mar-Apr(2):15-9.
In 5.5% of 126 patients treated for hypophyseal tumors at the Burdenko Institute of Neurosurgery, AMS USSR for 12 months, spread of the new growth to the nasal cavity was revealed. The tumor was usually located in the posterosuperior parts of the nose and was discovered on anterior rhinoscopy only after the nasal mucosa had been carefully anemized, particularly with the use of a nasal dilator with a lamp on its end specially designed by us. Spread of a hypophyseal tumor to the nasal cavity was encountered when the tumor was very large and grew regularly in all directions or when it was marked by selective infrasellarg growth in the direction of the sphenoidal sinus. Cytologic examination of the punctate made it possible to determine the presence of the hypophyseal tumor and its character (benign, malignant) and differentiate it from other new growths and from c.s.p. cysts.
在苏联医学科学院布尔坚科神经外科研究所接受垂体肿瘤治疗12个月的126例患者中，有5.5%发现新生物扩散至鼻腔。肿瘤通常位于鼻腔后上部，仅在仔细麻醉鼻黏膜后，特别是使用我们专门设计的带灯末端鼻扩张器进行前鼻镜检查时才能发现。当肿瘤非常大且向各个方向规则生长，或其特征为沿蝶窦方向选择性鞍下生长时，会出现垂体肿瘤向鼻腔扩散的情况。穿刺物的细胞学检查能够确定垂体肿瘤的存在及其性质（良性、恶性），并将其与其他新生物及脑脊液囊肿区分开来。
