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Primary Pituitary Gland Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

MedGen UID:
1648726
•Concept ID:
C4744384
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Pituitary Gland Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Definition

A rare diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that arises from the pituitary gland. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPrimary Pituitary Gland Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Isolated Pituitary Stalk Relapse of Primary Penile Lymphoma.
Tanaka Y, Tanaka A, Hashimoto A, Shinzato I
Intern Med 2017;56(7):835-839. Epub 2017 Apr 1 doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7788. PMID: 28381752Free PMC Article
Concomitant Primary CNS Lymphoma and FSH-Pituitary Adenoma Arising Within the Sella. Entirely Coincidental?
Ban VS, Chaudhary BR, Allinson K, Santarius T, Kirollos RW
Neurosurgery 2017 Jan 1;80(1):E170-E175. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyw003. PMID: 28362886Free PMC Article
Primary pituitary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with somatotroph hyperplasia and acromegaly: case report.
Ravindra VM, Raheja A, Corn H, Driscoll M, Welt C, Simmons DL, Couldwell WT
J Neurosurg 2017 May;126(5):1725-1730. Epub 2016 Aug 12 doi: 10.3171/2016.5.JNS16828. PMID: 27518527
Pineal Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Concomitant With Pituitary Prolactinoma: Possible Correlation Between 2 Distinguished Pathologies: A Case Report.
Kim YJ, Kim HK, Yang DH, Jung S, Noh MG, Lee JH, Lee KH, Moon KS
Medicine (Baltimore) 2016 Feb;95(8):e2923. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002923. PMID: 26937937Free PMC Article
Lymphoma metastasizing to the pituitary: an unusual presentation of a treatable disease.
Megan Ogilvie C, Payne S, Evanson J, Lister TA, Grossman AB
Pituitary 2005;8(2):139-46. doi: 10.1007/s11102-005-4535-1. PMID: 16379034

Therapy

Pituitary stalk thickening and primary central nervous system lymphoma.
Capra M, Wherrett D, Weitzman S, Dirks P, Hawkins C, Bouffet E
J Neurooncol 2004 Mar-Apr;67(1-2):227-31. doi: 10.1023/b:neon.0000021863.06620.48. PMID: 15072472

Prognosis

Concomitant Primary CNS Lymphoma and FSH-Pituitary Adenoma Arising Within the Sella. Entirely Coincidental?
Ban VS, Chaudhary BR, Allinson K, Santarius T, Kirollos RW
Neurosurgery 2017 Jan 1;80(1):E170-E175. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyw003. PMID: 28362886Free PMC Article
Pineal Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Concomitant With Pituitary Prolactinoma: Possible Correlation Between 2 Distinguished Pathologies: A Case Report.
Kim YJ, Kim HK, Yang DH, Jung S, Noh MG, Lee JH, Lee KH, Moon KS
Medicine (Baltimore) 2016 Feb;95(8):e2923. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002923. PMID: 26937937Free PMC Article
Lymphoma metastasizing to the pituitary: an unusual presentation of a treatable disease.
Megan Ogilvie C, Payne S, Evanson J, Lister TA, Grossman AB
Pituitary 2005;8(2):139-46. doi: 10.1007/s11102-005-4535-1. PMID: 16379034

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