Malignant Endo-suprasellar Glioma: A Case Report and a Brief Review of the Literature.

Introduction: Malignant sellar gliomas are very rare phenomena. To date, only few cases of sellar and suprasellar glioblastomas have been reported, most of which originate from the optic nerve or optic chiasm.

Case Presentation: We present a 34-year-old woman with malignant endo-suprasellar glioma, originating from the pituitary stalk, which was initially classified as a macroprolactinoma.

A Pilot Study of Fluorescence-Guided Resection of Pituitary Adenomas with Chlorin e6 Photosensitizer.

Fluorescence diagnostics is one of the promising methods for intraoperative detection of brain tumor boundaries and helps in maximizing the extent of resection. This paper presents the results of a pilot study on the first use of the chlorin e6 photosensitizer and a two-channel video system for fluorescence-guided resection of pituitary adenomas. The study's clinical part involved two patients diagnosed with hormonally inactive pituitary macroadenomas and one patient with a hormonally active one.

[The rules for predicting remission in patients with Cushing disease after successful endoscopic transnasal adenomectomy].

Background: The recurrence rate after successful transnasal adenomectomy in Cushing’s disease (CD) can reach 47%. We have previously shown that patients with ACTH levels less than 7 pg/ml recurred over 3 years 4.5 times less often than patients with higher levels of ACTH, patients with cortisol levels below 123 nmol/l — in 3.

Prediction of recurrence and remission within 3 years in patients with Cushing disease after successful transnasal adenomectomy.

Background: Some laboratory and clinical features are associated with a probability of recurrence after transnasal adenomectomy for Cushing disease (CD). However, there is no consensus on a set of predictors. Rules for prediction of recurrence were not proposed earlier.