Pituitary metastasis revealing a lung cancer

• Published in: Revue des maladies respiratoires Vol. 32; no. 9; p. 945
• Main Authors: Pelletier, J, Coudurier, M, Kelkel, E, Frappat, V, Pernot, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: France 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - complications; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Hypopituitarism - diagnosis; Hypopituitarism - etiology; Lung Neoplasms - complications; Lung Neoplasms - pathology; Male; Middle Aged; Pituitary Neoplasms - complications; Pituitary Neoplasms - diagnosis; Pituitary Neoplasms - secondary; Métastase hypophysaire; Insuffisance hypophysaire; Lung cancer; Pituitary metastasis; Cancer bronchique; Pituitary insufficiency; Diagnostic; Diagnosis

Pituitary metastases are rare and difficult to diagnose. Their optimal approach and management remains to be defined. 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...