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ABSTRACT Objective: The primary aim is to analyze the endoscopic endonasal surgical results in short-term and two-year follow-ups according to the 11th Acromegaly Consensus statement (2018). Indeed, prognostic factors and complications were analyzed. Subjects and methods: 40 patients who underwent endoscopic endonasal surgery by acromegaly between 2013 to 2020 was analyzed. Patients were considered in remission if an upper limit of normal (ULN) IGF-1 was less than 1.0 at the six-month and two-year follow-ups. Moreover, we assessed the Knosp grade, tumor volumetry, ULN, T2 signal in MRI, reoperation, and complications. Results: The mean age of admission was 46.7 years. Thirty-two patients were in remission after six months of surgery (80%), decreasing to 76.32% at the two-year follow-up. All microadenomas presented remission (n = 6). Regarding the complications, three patients had permanent panhypopituitarism (7.5%); postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks did not occur in this series. The hyperintense signal on the T2 MRI and a higher tumor volumetry were the single predictor's factors of non-emission in a multivariate regression logistic analysis (p < 0.05). Preoperative hormone levels (GH and IGF-1) were not a prognostic factor for remission. The re-operated patients who presented hypersignal already had a high predictor of clinical-operative failure. Conclusion: The endoscopic endonasal surgery promotes high short-term and two-year remission rates in acromegaly; the tumor's volumetry and the T2 hypersignal were statistically significant prognostic factors in non-remission - the complications presented at similar rates in comparison to the literature. In invasive GH-secreting tumors, we should offer these patients a multi-disciplinary approach to improve acromegalic patients' remission rates.
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Metástases espinhais extramedulares e intradurais são peculiares e correspondem a pequena porcentagem dos casos de tumores da coluna vertebral. Os pacientes normalmente apresentam dor e sintomas neurológicos na primeira apresentação. A imagem por ressonância magnética (RM) é crucial para confirmar a suspeita do diagnóstico. Em geral, a manipulação requer tratamento paliativo representado por radioterapia e/ou cirurgia, para evitar futuros déficits neurológicos. O objetivo do autor é apresentar um caso incomum de metástase espinhal de câncer de mama em uma paciente de 41 anos de idade, com doença sistêmica controlada.
Intradural extramedular spinal metastases are peculiar. They correspond to small percentage of spinal tumors cases. Patients ordinarily present pain and neurological symptoms at the first presentation. Themagnetic resonance image (MRI) scan is crucial to confirm a diagnosis suspicion. On the whole, its handling requires a palliative management represented by radiotherapy and/or surgery to obviate future neurological deficits. The author's aim is present an unusual spinal metastasis of the breast cancer in a 41-year-old female patient with controlled systemic disease.