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Case No. 539
2019-12-01~2019-12-31
출제자 : 유인선
Hit : 622
| Period | 2019-12-01~2019-12-31 |
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| Diagnosis | Pituicytoma |
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| Age | 65 |
| Clinical information | F/65 3개월 전부터 시작된 Poor oral intake, general weakness 진단은? |
| Discussion | Pituicytoma • Introduction • Rare tumor arising from ‘pituicytes’, specialized glial cells in neurohypophysis and infundibulum • Rare benign slow growing tumor • 2015; 57 cases reported • Low grade (WHO grade I) with spindle cell glial cell tumor with rich capillary network • M/C : 5th decade • Imaging findings • Enhancing sellar or suprasellar mass arising from neurohypophysis or infundibulum -> Nonspecific • CT; A solid, well demarcated, hyperdense • MRI; T1 iso SI, T2 high SI • Size : variable, well circumscribed with rich vascularity • Homogeneously well enhancing • Necrosis, cystic change : rare |
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