Adenocarcinoma metastatic to a growth-hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma: Case report

Although the pituitary gland is known to harbor metastatic deposits, it is a rare occurrence for a metastatic deposit to appear in a pituitary adenoma. A case is presented of an adenocarcinoma metastatic in an acromegalic patient with a pituitary adenoma. This report adds to the literature of the un...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Surgical neurology 1992-05, Vol.37 (5), p.361-365
Hauptverfasser:	Hurley, Thomas R., D'Angelo, Charles M., Clasen, Raymond A., Digianfilippo, Anthony, Ryan, Will G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acromegaly Adenocarcinoma - secondary Adenoma - diagnosis Adenoma - metabolism Adenoma - surgery Aged Biological and medical sciences Brain - diagnostic imaging Brain - pathology Endocrinopathies Follow-Up Studies Growth Hormone - metabolism Humans Hypothalamus. Hypophysis. Epiphysis (diseases) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Neoplasm-to-neoplasm metastasis Non tumoral diseases. Target tissue resistance. Benign neoplasms Pituitary adenoma Pituitary Neoplasms - diagnosis Pituitary Neoplasms - metabolism Pituitary Neoplasms - secondary Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	Although the pituitary gland is known to harbor metastatic deposits, it is a rare occurrence for a metastatic deposit to appear in a pituitary adenoma. A case is presented of an adenocarcinoma metastatic in an acromegalic patient with a pituitary adenoma. This report adds to the literature of the unusual phenomenon of neoplasm-toneoplasm metastasis.
ISSN:	0090-3019 1879-3339
DOI:	10.1016/0090-3019(92)90004-7