Case Report of a Pituitary Metastasis from Lung Adenocarcinoma Masquerading as Pituitary Adenoma

Metastasis to the pituitary gland is an unusual situation in clinical practice and is typically observed in those with underlying malignancy with breast and lung being the commonest primary site. However, we report a case of an apparently well 49-year-old female with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma w...

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Autores principales: Rajakumar, Radhamani, Rahmatullah, Ijaz Hallaj, Rahim, Anilah Abdul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33442183
http://dx.doi.org/10.15605/jafes.035.01.24
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author Rajakumar, Radhamani
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description Metastasis to the pituitary gland is an unusual situation in clinical practice and is typically observed in those with underlying malignancy with breast and lung being the commonest primary site. However, we report a case of an apparently well 49-year-old female with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma who presented with visual disturbance and diabetes insipidus related to pituitary metastasis as an initial presentation.
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spelling pubmed-77842362021-01-12 Case Report of a Pituitary Metastasis from Lung Adenocarcinoma Masquerading as Pituitary Adenoma Rajakumar, Radhamani Rahmatullah, Ijaz Hallaj Rahim, Anilah Abdul J ASEAN Fed Endocr Soc Case Report Metastasis to the pituitary gland is an unusual situation in clinical practice and is typically observed in those with underlying malignancy with breast and lung being the commonest primary site. However, we report a case of an apparently well 49-year-old female with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma who presented with visual disturbance and diabetes insipidus related to pituitary metastasis as an initial presentation. Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies 2020-04-28 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7784236/ /pubmed/33442183 http://dx.doi.org/10.15605/jafes.035.01.24 Text en © 2020 Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International.
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Case Report of a Pituitary Metastasis from Lung Adenocarcinoma Masquerading as Pituitary Adenoma
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title_full Case Report of a Pituitary Metastasis from Lung Adenocarcinoma Masquerading as Pituitary Adenoma
title_fullStr Case Report of a Pituitary Metastasis from Lung Adenocarcinoma Masquerading as Pituitary Adenoma
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title_short Case Report of a Pituitary Metastasis from Lung Adenocarcinoma Masquerading as Pituitary Adenoma
title_sort case report of a pituitary metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma masquerading as pituitary adenoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784236/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15605/jafes.035.01.24
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