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 unusual phenomenon of neoplasm-to-neoplasm metastasis.
Hurley
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Department of Neurosurgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612.
D'Angelo
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CM
Clasen
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DiGianfilippo
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Ryan
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D013006:Growth Hormone