1. Pituitary metastasis mimicking a macroadenoma from carcinoma of the larynx: a case report
- Author
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Zafer Kocak, Murat Caloglu, Fusun Tokatli, Latife Doganay, Kilincer C, and Uzal Mc
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Male ,Cancer Research ,Pituitary gland ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pituitary neoplasm ,Metastasis ,Diagnosis, Differential ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pituitary adenoma ,medicine ,Carcinoma ,Humans ,Pituitary Neoplasms ,030223 otorhinolaryngology ,Laryngeal Neoplasms ,business.industry ,Cancer ,General Medicine ,Laryngeal Neoplasm ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ,Differential diagnosis ,business - Abstract
Metastatic tumors of the pituitary gland are not commonly diagnosed during life in cancer patients. The occurrence of symptomatic lesions is also very unusual and difficult to differentiate clinically and radiologically from pituitary adenomas. Furthermore, a single intrasellar metastasis from laryngeal carcinoma mimicking a pituitary adenoma is an extremely rare pathological finding. We report on the clinical, radiological, and pathological findings in a patient with laryngeal carcinoma who had a symptomatic solitary pituitary gland metastasis that was recognized antemortem.
- Published
- 2002