[Pituitary metastases from lung cancer. Five cases].
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Date publication
septembre 2006
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr MENNECIER Bertrand, Dr SCHOTT Roland
Tous les auteurs :
Metivier AC, Mennecier B, Grunenberger F, Schumacher C, Schott R, Jeung MY, Schlienger JL, Pauli G, Quoix E
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Résumé
Pituitary metastases are rare and generally asymptomatic. We studied 5 patients with pituitary metastases from lung cancer, illustrating the different clinical features. These metastases were in these cases symptomatic with the manifestation being diabetes insipidus or visual field defect. Histological subtypes from our five patients were as well small cell or non small cell lung cancer. After diagnosis of pituitary metastasis, prognosis seems to be linked to the histological subtype and the stage of lung cancer, rather than to the presence of such metastases.
Référence
Rev Pneumol Clin. 2006 Sep;62(4):231-6.