Pituitary metastasis masquerading as non-functioning pituitary adenoma in a woman with adenocarcinoma lung.
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.
Rajput
R
R
Department of Endocrinology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India-160012.
Bhansali
A
A
Dutta
P
P
Gupta
S K
SK
Radotra
B D
BD
Bhadada
S
S
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