TABLE 3.
Literature review of SCO cases
| Authors & Year | Age (yrs), Sex | Presenting Sx | Primary or Progression/Recurrence | Size (cm) | Tx | Outcome/Subsequent Tx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roncaroli et al., 2002 | 53–71 (mean 61.6); 2F, 3M | PHP | Primary | NA | TSR | FU 2–68 mos (mean 35.4 mos); no recurrences noted |
| PHP | Primary | NA | TSR | |||
| PHP | Primary | NA | TSR | |||
| PHP, VD | Primary | NA | TSR | |||
| PHP, VD | Primary | NA | Craniotomy | |||
| Kloub et al., 2005 | 71, F | VD, PHP (mild) | P/R: primary TSR 11 yrs prior; 1st sign of recurrence 8 yrs prior | NA | TSR | Add’l resection for residual tumor 1 yr postop |
| 76, M | Epistaxis | P/R: primary TSR 10 yrs prior w/ add’l resection & radiation 7 yrs prior | NA | TSR | NA | |
| Dahiya et al., 2005 | 26, M | HA, VD, N/V, impotence | Primary | 1.5–2 (diam) | TSR, craniotomy, proton beam radiation | Stable (7 yrs) |
| 55, F | HA, VD | Primary | 6.5 × 3.3 × 4.0 | TSR | Stable (6 mos) | |
| Vajtai et al., 2006 | 48, F | Fatigue, VD | Primary | 1.8 × 1.5 × 1.3 | TSR | Stable (16 yrs) |
| Coiré et al., 2009 | NA | NA | Primary | NA | TSR | Add’l TSR & radiation 5 mos postop |
| Borota et al., 2009 | NA | NA | NA | NA | TSR, RT | Regrowth over 30-mo FU period |
| Matyja et al., 2010 | 63, F | PHP, N/V, HA, VD | Primary | 2.1 × 1.8 × 1.9 | TSR | Stable (28 mos) |
| 65, F | PHP | P/R: primary TSR 3 yrs prior | 1.8 × 1.9 × 2.1 | Frontal craniotomy | Stable (20 mos) | |
| Demssie et al., 2011 | 59, M | PHP, VD, N/V | Primary | NA | TSR, RT | 2 add’l TSR 9 mos postop |
| Vajtai et al., 2011 | 55, F | PHP | Primary | 2.7 × 2.6 × 2.5 | TSR | |
| Mlika et al., 2011 | 45, F | VD, HA | Primary | 2.0 × 1.5 × 1.0 | TSR | Stable (3 mos) |
| Romero-Rojas et al., 2011 | 42, F | Oligomenorrhea | Primary | 3.2 × 3.2 × 3.4 | “Resection” | NA |
| Borges et al., 2011 | 70, F | VD | Primary | 3.3 × 2.4 × 3.0 | TSR | Recurrence & add’l TSR 13 yrs postop |
| Ogiwara et al., 2011 | 39, M | HA, memory loss | P/R: primary craniotomy & radiation 13 mos prior; add’l resection 4 mos prior w/ residual | 2.7 × 2.4 × 2.8 | TSR | Stable residual (1 yr) |
| Singh et al., 2012 | 68, M | VD, HA | Primary | 3.1 × 2.9 × 3.0 | TSR | Died from unrelated causes 1 mo postop |
| Alexandrescu et al., 2012 | 24, F | HA, amenorrhea, VD | Primary | 2.5 × 1.8 | TSR | Stable (6 mos) |
| Fujisawa et al., 2012 | 68, M | PHP, VD | Primary | NA | TSR | Transcranial re-resection for residual tumor & radiation 18 mos postop |
| Rotman et al., 2014 | 88, M | PHP, VD, fatigue | Primary | 2.7 × 2.0 × 1.7 | TSR | NA |
| Mu et al., 2015 | 35, F | Amenorrhea, lactation, VD | Primary | 2.5 × 3.0 × 1.0 | Craniotomy | Stable (21 mos) |
| 62, F | Incidental finding | Primary | 2.3 × 1.7 × 2.0 | Craniotomy | Stable (15 mos) | |
| Zygourakis et al., 2015 | 31, F | VD, HA | Primary | 2.2 (diam) | TSR | Stable (6 mos) |
| 53, F | HA | Primary | 0.7 (diam) | Biopsy | Stable (2 mos) | |
| Custodio et al., 2016 | 60, M | N/V, syncope, PHP, hyponatremia | Primary | 3.1 × 2.3 × 2.0 | TSR | Stable (18 mos) |
| Hasiloglu et al., 2016 | 40, M | PHP | Primary | 2.1 × 1.9 × 3.6 | TSR | Add’l TSR 1 yr postop for residual tumor |
| 60, M | HA, VD | Primary | 3.1 × 2.0 × 2.3 | TSR | Stable (12 mos) | |
| 55, M | HA, VD | Primary | 2.0 × 1.9 × 1.8 | TSR | Stable (6 mos) | |
| Vuong et al., 2016 | 70, M | HA, VD | Primary | 6.0 × 5.5 × 4.5 | TSR | Stable (6 mos) |
| Guadagno et al., 2016 | 77, M | HA, VD | Primary | TSR | Stable (14 mos) | |
| Billeci et al., 2017 | 61, M | HA | Primary | 2.2 × 1.8 × 2.7 | TSR | Add’l TSR for residual tumor 16 mos postop; stable (14 mos) |
| 65, F | HA, VD | Primary | 2.0 × 1.5 × 1.0 | TSR | Stable (28 mos) | |
| Osman & Wild, 2017 | 56, M | HA, altered LOC, VD | Primary | 2.5 × 4.4 × 2.5 | Craniotomy (urgent), EVD | Stable (6 mos) |
| Manoranjan et al., 2017 | 60, M | VD | P/R: primary resection 13 yrs prior; biopsy & RT for residual tumor 11 yrs prior | 2.6 × 3.0 × 2.4 | TSR | Stable (9 mos) |
| Sali et al., 2017 | 64, M | VD | P/R: primary TSR 4 yrs prior | 2.2 × 2.1 × 2.5 | TSR | NA |
Add’l = additional; diam = diameter; EVD = external ventricular drain; FU = follow-up; LOC = level of consciousness; N/V = nausea/vomiting; PHP = panhypopituitarism; P/R = progression/recurrence; RT = radiotherapy; TSR = transsphenoidal resection; VD = visual deficit.