Case report: The unusual case of a sellar/suprasellar Extrarenal Rhabdoid tumour in an adult

M. Ahmad, MB Bch BaO, MRCSEd; V. Sekar, MRCSEd, PhD; E. Healy, FRCSPath; I. Rennie, FRCR; S. Cooke, FRCS (SN)

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery (Sep 2019)

Case report: The unusual case of a sellar/suprasellar Extrarenal Rhabdoid tumour in an adult

M. Ahmad, MB Bch BaO, MRCSEd,
V. Sekar, MRCSEd, PhD,
E. Healy, FRCSPath,
I. Rennie, FRCR,
S. Cooke, FRCS (SN)

Affiliations

M. Ahmad, MB Bch BaO, MRCSEd: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; Corresponding author.
V. Sekar, MRCSEd, PhD: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
E. Healy, FRCSPath: Department of Neuropathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
I. Rennie, FRCR: Department of Neuroradiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
S. Cooke, FRCS (SN): Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17
pp. 36 – 39

Abstract

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We present the case of a 33 year old lady presenting with progressive cranial nerve palsies caused by an Extrarenal Rhabdoid tumour manifesting as a sellar/suprasellar mass. We share our experience of managing the tumour and review the existing literature. Keywords: Extrarenal, Rhabdoid, INI-1, Pituitary, Sellar, Suprasellar, SMARCB1, AT/RT

Published in Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery

ISSN: 2214-7519 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
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