Metastatic breast cancer presenting with diabetes insipidus.
We present a case of acute-onset diabetes insipidus in a 60-year-old woman who had been treated for breast cancer. MR images showed a thickened and enhancing pituitary stalk and an asymmetrical hypophysis. The clinical diagnosis of a pituitary metastasis of the breast carcinoma was made.
Van de Velde
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Sint Vincentius Hospital, Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Antwerp, Belgium.
Wassenaar
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Strubbe
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Janssen
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Verhaert
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D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000556:secondary*; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed