Clinical features, radiological profiles, pathological features and surgical outcomes of pituicytomas: a report of 11 cases and a pooled analysis of individual patient data

Table 1 Clinical, radiologic, and pathological characteristics of 11 cases with pituicytomas

No.	Sex	Age (year)	Signs and symptoms	Tumor location	Surgical approach	Extent of resection	Radiology	Postoperative complications	Immuno-histochemistry	PFS (mo)	Recurrence
1	M	46	Dizzy	Suprasellar	Craniotomy	GTR	Solid	Hypophysis, intracranial infection	S100(+), EMA(+), TTF-1(+), Ki-67 (2%)	12	No
2	F	46	None	Suprasellar	Craniotomy	GTR	Solid	Hypophysis	S100(+), GFAP(+), TTF-1(+), EMA(+), CD34(+), Ki-67 (1%)	34	Yes
3	F	47	Headache	Intrasellar	ETS	GTR	Solid	Hypophysis, intracranial infection	GFAP(+), TTF-1(+), CD34(+), S100(+), PR(+), EMA(+), Ki-67 (1%)	34	No
4	M	63	Vision loss	Intrasellar and suprasellar	ETS	STR	Uneven softness and toughness	None	S100(+), GFAP(+), TTF-1(+), EMA(+), Ki-67 (1%)	36	Yes
5	M	53	Vision loss	Intrasellar	Craniotomy	STR	Solid	None	S100(+), GFAP(+), TTF-1(+), EMA(+), vimentin(+), Ki-67 (1%)	88	Yes
6	M	32	Headache with decreased vision	Suprasellar	Craniotomy	GTR	Solid	Hypophysis	GFAP(+), S100(+), EMA(+), TTF-1(+), Ki-67 (1–3%)	24	No
7	F	51	Vision loss	Intrasellar	Craniotomy	STR	Uneven softness and toughness	Hypophysis	GFAP(+), S100(+), EMA(+), TTF-1(+), Ki-67 (1–5%)	22	Yes
8	F	65	None	Intrasellar and suprasellar	Craniotomy	STR	Soft	None	S100(+), GFAP(+), TTF-1(+), EMA(+), Ki-67 (1%)	12	No
9	F	38	Menstrual disorder	Suprasellar	Craniotomy	STR	Solid	None	GFAP(+), S100(+), EMA(+), TTF-1(+), CD34(+), Ki-67 (4%)	28	No
10	F	54	Headache	Intrasellar	ETS	GTR	Soft	None	S100(+), EMA(+), TTF-1(+), CD34(+), SMA(+), Ki-67 (1–3%)	22	No
11	M	47	Dizzy	Suprasellar	Craniotomy	GTR	Solid	Hypophysis and anemia	S100(+), EMA(+), TTF-1(+), Ki67 (2%)	16	No

M Male, GTR Gross total resection, EMA Endomysial antibody, TTF-1 Thyroid transcription factor-1, F Female, GFAP Glial fibrillary acidic protein, PR Progesterone receptor, ETS Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery, STR Subtotal resection, SMA Smooth muscle actin

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