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Pituicytoma presenting with spontaneous hemorrhage

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Pituicytomas are rare tumors. Previously reported pituicytomas all presented with signs and symptoms relating to mass effect or endocrinological dysfunction. We report a 47 year old man who presented with sudden, severe headache and was found to have a hemorrhagic suprasellar mass with hemorrhage into the third ventricle. A mass arising from the pituitary stalk was found at surgery, and thorough pathological analysis revealed a pituicytoma. Pituicytoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a hemorrhagic suprasellar mass.

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  1. Departments of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, USA

    Ronald J. Benveniste

  2. Departments of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Dushyant Purohit

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Elmhurst Hospital Medical Center, 79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY, USA

    Hang Byun

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Benveniste, R.J., Purohit, D. & Byun, H. Pituicytoma presenting with spontaneous hemorrhage. Pituitary 9, 53–58 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11102-006-8070-5

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