Pituitary metastasis from malignant bronchial carcinoid.
Metastases from a carcinoid tumor to the pituitary gland have, to our knowledge, not been described. We present a 49-year-old woman diagnosed as having a primary carcinoid tumor arising in the submucosa of a large bronchus who 8 years later presented with multiple metastases including one to the pituitary gland, which was in partial failure of pituitary function. This case illustrates than when confronted with a pituitary tumor resembling an adenoma but negative for pituitary hormones, the possibility of a metastasis from a carcinoid tumor should be considered.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000652:urine; D008875:Middle Aged; D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior / Q000097:blood; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000097:blood
D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior; D012701:Serotonin; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid