Ectopic pituitary adenoma located in the nasopharynx: resection video
Drabkin Sacha1, Dekeyser Cécile1, Digonnet Antoine 2, Lipski Samuel Michael1,2
Ectopic pituitary adenoma (EPA) is a rare benign neoplasm defined by the presence of hypophyseal tissue into the nasosinusal tract without any connection with normal pituitary gland (1). The main localisation of EPA is the sphenoid sinus. It represents more or less 70% of the location (1). Other sites represent around 20% of the location. Nevertheless a postero-septal localisation (or nasopharynx localisation) of the tumor without a sphenoidal localisation seems to be rarer (2). The treatment results in a total resection. According to our knowledge, we report here the first movie of an EPA resection located on the postero-superior part of the septum.