Indications and outcomes of the extended endoscopic endonasal approach for the removal of "unconventional" suprasellar pituitary neuroendocrine tumors
This is the largest series in the literature describing indications and outcome expectations of the ETTA for the removal of unconventional suprasellar PitNETs. Tumor size, shape, and consistency did not represent a limitation to favorable surgical outcomes. The difficulty in achieving total removal of unconventional PitNETs, especially in the presence of vessel encasement and recurrent lesions, should raise the awareness of the increased risk of suprasellar tumor remnant apoplexy and arterial vasospasm, particularly in tumors with subarachnoid invasion.
Authors
- Ilaria Bove (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3909-7420)
- Domenico Solari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1535-8737)
- Diego Mazzatenta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2466-8828)
- Stephanie Kim Cheok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1797-1124)
- Elena d’Avella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9978-0718)
- Daniel F. Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8358-056X)
- Garni Barkhoudarian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6615-7428)
- Matteo Zoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8838-5408)
- Gianluca Lorenzo Fabozzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2660-771X)
- Paolo Cappabianca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8277-498X)
- Gabriel Zada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-902X)
- Luigi Maria Cavallo
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Saint John's Health Center (US)
- Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (IT)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-03-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2024.11.jns242484
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.47