This site is targeted at medical and radiology professionals, contains user contributed content, and material that may be confusing to a lay audience. Use of this site implies acceptance of our Terms of Use.
All Revisions Restore

Revision 1 for 'Pituitary lymphoma'

Pituitary lymphoma

Pituitary lymphoma is very rare, although lymphomatous (or leukaemic) infiltration of the perisellar dura is not infrequently encountered as part of more widespread CNS disease. 

As is the case with CNS lymphoma elsewhere, pituitary lymphomas can either be primary (no systemic disease) or secondary (involvement of the pituitary gland is part of systemic disease). 

Epidemiology

Primary pituitary lymphoma (i.e. parenchymal disease limited to the pituitary gland rather than dural involvement, or extension of cerebral primary CNS lymphoma to the region) is very rare, accounting for less than 0.1% of pituitary tumours 1. 

Updating… Please wait.
Loadinganimation

 Details successfully updated.

Error Unable to process the form. Check for errors and try again.

 Thank you for updating your details.