The solitary sellar plasmacytoma: a diagnostic challenge

نویسندگان

  • Anne Soejbjerg
  • Suzan Dyve
  • Steen Baerentzen
  • Georg Thorsell
  • Per L Poulsen
  • Jens O L Jorgensen
  • Ulla Kampmann
چکیده

UNLABELLED Solitary sellar plasmacytomas are exceedingly rare and difficult to distinguish from other pituitary tumors. We report a case of a 62-year-old woman presenting with blurred vision of the right eye and tenderness of the right temporal region, which was interpreted as temporal arteritis. MRI revealed a pituitary mass lesion (20mm×14mm×17mm) without compression of the optic chiasm and her pituitary function was normal. Pituitary surgery was undertaken due to growth of the lesion, and histopathological examination showed a highly cellular neoplasm composed of mature monoclonal plasma cells. Subsequent examinations revealed no evidence of extrasellar myeloma. The patient received pituitary irradiation and has remained well and free of symptoms apart from iatrogenic central diabetes insipidus. Until now, only eight cases of solitary sellar plasmacytoma have been reported. Most frequent symptoms stem from compression of the cranial nerves in the cavernous sinus (III, IV, V), whereas the anterior pituitary function is mostly intact. LEARNING POINTS A solitary plasmacytoma is a rare cause of a sellar mass lesion.The radiological and clinical features are nonspecific, but cranial nerve affection and intact pituitary function are usually present.The diagnosis is made histologically and has important therapeutic implications.

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دوره 2016  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2016