Pituitary metastasis mimicking a macroadenoma from carcinoma of the larynx: a case report.
Metastatic tumors of the pituitary gland are not commonly diagnosed during life in cancer patients. The occurrence of symptomatic lesions is also very unusual and difficult to differentiate clinically and radiologically from pituitary adenomas. Furthermore, a single intrasellar metastasis from laryngeal carcinoma mimicking a pituitary adenoma is an extremely rare pathological finding. We report on the clinical, radiological, and pathological findings in a patient with laryngeal carcinoma who had a symptomatic solitary pituitary gland metastasis that was recognized antemortem.
Uzal
M C
MC
Department of Radiation Oncology, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey.
Kocak
Z
Z
Doganay
L
L
Tokatli
F
F
Caloglu
M
M
Kilincer
C
C
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*