[Pituitary metastasis revealing a lung cancer].
BACKGROUND
Pituitary metastases are rare and difficult to diagnose. Their optimal approach and management remains to be defined.


METHODS
We report the case of a 56-year-old patient suffering from squamous cell lung carcinoma who developed pituitary metastasis with secondary hypopituitarism, the symptoms of which were initially attributed to depression.


CONCLUSIONS
Pituitary metastases can be difficult to diagnose, which may lead to delays in care, which can be fatal.
Service de pneumologie, centre hospitalier de Chambéry, 400, faubourg Mache, 73000 Chambéry, France. Electronic address: julie13pelletier@gmail.com.
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Pelletier
Service de pneumologie, centre hospitalier de Chambéry, 400, faubourg Mache, 73000 Chambéry, France.
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Coudurier
Service de pneumologie, centre hospitalier de Chambéry, 400, faubourg Mache, 73000 Chambéry, France.
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Kelkel
Service de pneumologie, centre hospitalier de Chambéry, 400, faubourg Mache, 73000 Chambéry, France.
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Frappat
Service de pneumologie, centre hospitalier de Chambéry, 400, faubourg Mache, 73000 Chambéry, France.
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Pernot
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*
Cancer bronchique; Diagnosis; Diagnostic; Insuffisance hypophysaire; Lung cancer; Métastase hypophysaire; Pituitary insufficiency; Pituitary metastasis