Metastatic Colon Cancer in the Pituitary: A Case Report with Review of Literature

We report a rare case of metastatic colonic adenocarcinoma to the pituitary gland in a 58-year-old who presented with visual decline and panhypopituitarism. He underwent urgent transsphenoidal endoscopic surgery with significant improvement of his vision, followed by adjuvant fractionated radiothera...

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Autores principales: Karia, Kishan, Price, Sally-Ann, Soon, Wai Cheong, Chowdhury, Yasir Arafat, Thant, Kyaw Zayar, Batra, Ruchika, Meade, Sara, Karavitaki, Niki, Tsermoulas, Georgios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35071093
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_52_21
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Sumario:We report a rare case of metastatic colonic adenocarcinoma to the pituitary gland in a 58-year-old who presented with visual decline and panhypopituitarism. He underwent urgent transsphenoidal endoscopic surgery with significant improvement of his vision, followed by adjuvant fractionated radiotherapy to the resection cavity. He made a satisfactory recovery, but regrettably died from COVID-19 9 weeks after completion of radiotherapy. A multidisciplinary approach is essential for optimal management of this condition due to its rarity and complexity.

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