A case of symptomatic granular cell tumor of the sellar region with large calcification

Shun Yamamuro; Taku Homma; Yuya Hanashima; Sodai Yoshimura; Hideki Oshima; Sumie Ohni; Yoshiaki Kusumi; Atsuo Yoshino

doi:10.1111/neup.12378

A case of symptomatic granular cell tumor of the sellar region with large calcification

Shun Yamamuro, Taku Homma, Yuya Hanashima, Sodai Yoshimura, Hideki Oshima, Sumie Ohni, Yoshiaki Kusumi, Atsuo Yoshino

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Nihon University

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We report here a rare case of symptomatic granular cell tumor (GCT) of the sellar region with a large calcification. A 70-year-old woman presented with a sellar mass, accompanied by bitemporal hemianopia. The patient was diagnosed preoperatively as having a craniopharyngioma or a pituitary adenoma, because of the large calcification. The patient underwent surgical tumor resection via endoscopic trans-sphenoidal surgery and was diagnosed pathologically as having GCT. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful and her visual field disturbance improved soon after the operation. We briefly discuss the pathological discrimination of GCT and other sellar tumors, since there are many unclear points concerning this rare tumor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	371-374
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neuropathology
Volume	37
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/neup.12378
Publication status	Published - Aug 2017

Keywords

calcification
endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery
granular cell tumor of sellar region
pathological discrimination
symptomatic case

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