title: Pituitary metastasis masquerading as non-functioning pituitary adenoma in a woman with adenocarcinoma lung.
abstract: Incidental detection of pituitary metastasis in patients with primary breast carcinoma is not uncommon. However, pituitary metastasis manifesting as bitemporal hemianopia as a presenting manifestation in a patient with silent adenocarcinoma of the lung, that too in a women, is quite uncommon. We report such a case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India-160012.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajput
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhansali
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Radotra
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhadada
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary