title: Diabetes insipidus and panhypopituitarism revealing pituitary metastasis of small cell lung carcinoma: a case report.
abstract: 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. We report a case of pituitary metastasis which was the prime manifestation of a small cell lung carcinoma in a 40-year-old man. This cancer was revealed by diabetes insipidus and a hypopituitarism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse 4000, Tunisie. latifa_harzalla@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Harzallah
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Migaw
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Harzallah
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Kraiem
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic