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Patient: Female, 58-year-old Final Diagnosis: Pituitary carcinoma Symptoms: Headache • left temporal lower quadrantanopia • right temporal hemianopia Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Neurology • Neurosurgery • Radiology • Pathology ## Objective: **Rare coexistence of disease or pathology** ## Background: Pituitary carcinomas are rare tumors that are histologically indistinguishable from pituitary adenoma. This report describes an extremely rare case of pituitary carcinoma in a patient with clinically diagnosed Cowden syndrome (CS). CS is a rare multisystemic hereditary disease with increase risks of cancer and benign overgrowth of different types of tissues. ## Case Report: A 52-year-old woman with history of CS presented with pituitary adenoma and multiple meningiomata. After surgical resection, there was recurrence of the pituitary tumor. Partial resection of the recurrent pituitary tumor revealed an adenoma. Radiotherapy was administered due to the histopathological aggressive features of the resected pituitary tumor and growth of the residual pituitary tumor on follow-up. Although the pituitary tumor shrank after radiotherapy, there was development of multiple new

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Author

Han Zhang; Junsiyuan Li; Ming Lee; Chi Long Ho

Publisher

International Scientific Information, Inc.

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)