An acute adrenal insufficiency revealing pituitary metastases of lung cancer in an elderly patient

Metastases of solid tumors to the pituitary gland are often asymptomatic or appereas as with diabetes insipid us. Pituitary metastases more commonly affect the posterior lobe and the infundibulum than the anterior lobe. The presentation with an acute adrenal insufficiency is a rare event. A 69-year-...

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Autores principales: Marmouch, Hela, Arfa, Sondes, Mohamed, Saoussen Cheikh, Slim, Tensim, Khochtali, Ines
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27200139
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.34.8905

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27200139
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.34.8905

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