title: Metastatic disease in the pituitary: clinical features.
abstract: Three cases of metastatic carcinoma to the pituitary gland presenting with local compression, causing field defects and nerve palsies are reported. The literature on secondary tumours in the pituitary is reviewed and the differentiation between benign and metastatic lesions is discussed. The importance of making the diagnosis preoperatively is emphasized.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000473:pathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014794:Visual Fields