Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3420300 | Revue de Pneumologie Clinique | 2006 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
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.
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Authors
A.-C. Métivier, B. Mennecier, F. Grunenberger, C. Schumacher, R. Schott, M.Y. Jeung, J.-L. Schlienger, G. Pauli, E. Quoix,