Pituitary Stone: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Necmettin TANRIOVER; Baris KUCUKYURUK; Esra HATIPOGLU; Nil COMUNOGLU

doi:10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.9688-13.0

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Pituitary Stone: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Necmettin TANRIOVER¹, Baris KUCUKYURUK¹, Esra HATIPOGLU², Nil COMUNOGLU³

¹Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey
²Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Istanbul, Turkey
³Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey DOI : 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.9688-13.0 A 39-year-old male without any significant complaints or symptoms presented with a calcified lesion located at the sellar region. Total removal of the lesion has been achieved via an endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach. Histopathological examination of the lesion revealed a pituitary stone.

This report describes the first pituitary stone formed within a plurihormonal pituitary adenoma and also differs from previous studies in means of chosen surgical method that is the first endoscopic approach to a pituitary stone. Additionally, by reviewing previous cases, a classification has been proposed and possible pathophysiological mechanisms behind this rare entity have been discussed. Keywords : Neuro-endoscopy, Pituitary adenoma, Pituitary stone, Prolactinoma, Transsphenoidal route

Corresponding author : Necmettin Tanrıover, nctan27@yahoo.com