Panhypopituitarism caused by solitary parasellar metastasis from lung cancer.
Clinical panhypopituitarism caused by cancer with parasellar metastasis and hypothalamic invasion is very rare. This report concerns a lung cancer patient who had solitary parasellar metastasis with diabetes insipidus and panhypopituitarism as an initial manifestation, which was documented by contrast-enhanced computed tomographic scan, Gd-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, and endocrinologic studies.
Ko
J C
JC
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, China.
Yang
P C
PC
Huang
T S
TS
Yeh
K H
KH
Kuo
S H
SH
Luh
K T
KT
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000209:etiology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010901:Pituitary Function Tests; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed