Cancer metastases in the pituitary gland.

Autor: Ulitin AY, Safarov BI, Razmologova OY, Sklar SS
Jazyk: ruština
Zdroj: Voprosy onkologii [Vopr Onkol] 2016; Vol. 62 (3), pp. 546-51.
Abstrakt: Metastases to the pituitary gland is a rare complication of systemic cancer in adults (does not practically occur in children). In 1857 L.Benjamin was the first who described a case of metastasis to the pituitary gland at autopsy of a patient with disseminated melanoma. Metastases in the pituitary gland are marked in 0,14-28,1% of all metastases to the brain in several series of autopsies. Many researchers consider that metastases in the pituitary gland are met in 1% of patients who underwent transsphenoidal surgery and 5% of autopsies.
Databáze: MEDLINE