title: A rare case of non-small cell lung cancer metastasizing to the pituitary gland: detection with (18)F-FDG PET-CT.
abstract: Metastases to the pituitary gland are rare. We here present a case of a 52-year-old man with non-small cell lung cancer where pituitary metastasis was detected on staging F-FDG PET-CT, characterized with MRI and confirmed at histopathology. By demonstrating such rare site of metastasis, F-FDG PET-CT can have significant impact on management of cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Krishan Kant
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Punit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Suhas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singla
authors.forename: Sudhir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suman Kc
authors.forename: Chandrasekhar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18