Granular cell tumor of the pituitary gland associated with diabetes insipidus.
A hypophysectomy was performed for palliation of metastatic carcinoma of the breast in a 62-year-old woman who also had diabetes insipidus. At operation a neurohypophyseal mass was discovered; it proved to be a granular cell tumor. The diabetes insipidus resolved postoperatively.
D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery