Metastasis of a small cell carcinoma from undetected origin to the pituitary gland--the otolaryngologist's view.
(2005) B-ENT — Vol. 1, n° 3, p. 159-163 (2005)
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- Tumour metastasis to the anterior pituitary-hypothalamic area is rare. We present a patient who had severe headache, bitemporal quadrant hemianopsia and an expanding mass in the sella turcica as revealed by MRI. Partial resection via a transsphenoidal approach was performed and postoperative radiation therapy was initiated. Immunohistochemical investigation identified the tumour as a metastatic small cell carcinoma whose primary site remained undetected for more than 12 months despite repeated oncological evaluations. We reviewed the literature on metastatic disease of the pituitary gland.
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Eloy, P., Evrard, A. S., Donckier, J., Godfraind, C., Gustin, T., Collet, S., Rombaux, P., & Bertrand, B. (2005). Metastasis of a small cell carcinoma from undetected origin to the pituitary gland--the otolaryngologist’s view. B-ENT, 1(3), 159-163. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/97672 (Original work published 2005)