title: Intraventricular haemorrhage from a renal cell carcinoma pituitary metastasis.
abstract: Symptomatic pituitary metastasis and intraventricular haemorrhage from a cerebral metastasis are exceptional events in the natural history of a renal cell carcinoma. We report the first case of a metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the pituitary gland presenting with intraventricular haemorrhage. The origin of intraventricular haemorrhage and its association with renal cell carcinoma pituitary metastasis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pallud
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nataf
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Roujeau
authors.forename: F-X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Roux
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary*; D020542:Third Ventricle / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt