Multiple dural metastases from a pituitary adenoma. Case report.

J Neurosurg

Department of Neurosurgery, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Atkinson Morley's Hospital, University of London, England.

Published: October 1994

Only 12 cases of pituitary tumors that metastasized within the central nervous system have been reported. A further case is presented in which the histology of the multiple dural metastases remained identical to that of the original tumor, a pituitary adenoma. The authors discuss management of these rare lesions that appear histologically benign.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/jns.1994.81.4.0624DOI Listing

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