title: Metastasis to pituitary adenoma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We present a rare case of a metastasis to a pituitary adenoma and review 14 cases published in the literature to date. Metastases to pituitary adenomas most commonly present with rapidly progressing chiasm compression syndromes, headaches and oculomotor nerve palsies. The prognosis for this condition is poor. Metastases to pituitary adenomas have to be considered in the differential diagnosis of sellar tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, Bonn 53105, Germany. Anke.Hoellig@ukb.uni-bonn.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoellig
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Niehusmann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flacke
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kristof
mesh_terms: D049913:ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D055752:Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents