title: Metastatic breast cancer presenting with diabetes insipidus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sint Vincentius Hospital, Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van de Velde
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wassenaar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Strubbe
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verhaert
mesh_terms: 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