Pituitary metastasis of a breast ductal adenocarcinoma
| Autor: | J. El Habnouny, Issam Jandou, H. Latrech, C. Bourgon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Pituitary macroadenoma business.industry Endoscopic biopsy Case Report General Medicine Breast Adenocarcinoma medicine.disease Primary tumor 03 medical and health sciences Breast cancer Hypothalamic-pituitary axis 0302 clinical medicine 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Pituitary metastasis Medicine 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Surgery Hypothalamic pituitary axis Ductal adenocarcinoma business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Medicine and Surgery |
| ISSN: | 2049-0801 |
| Popis: | Pituitary metastases are rare, a primary tumor of the breasts or lungs are frequently found. The clinical picture is very variable, they can be accidental discovery or revealed by a pituitary dysfunction. The prognosis is generally poor and depends on the anatomopathological type. We report the observation of a patient with a pituitary metastasis of a breast cancer evolving for 4 years, the diagnosis was suspected in front of pituitary macroadenoma images, a transphenoidal endoscopic biopsy and an anatomopathological confirmation revealing an infiltrating breast adenocarcinoma. Highlights • Pituitary metastases are rare, a primary tumor of the breasts or lungs are frequently found. • The prognosis of the pituitary metastases is generally poor and depends on the anatomopathological type. • The clinical picture of the pituitary metastases is very variable, they can be accidental discovery or revealed by a pituitary dysfunction. |
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