A Rare Case of Pituitary Melanoma Metastasis: A Dramatic and Prolonged Response to Dabrafenib-Trametinib Therapy

A Rare Case of Pituitary Melanoma Metastasis: A Dramatic and Prolonged Response to Dabrafenib-Trametinib Therapy

Introduction: Pituitary metastases (PM) are rare events and to date only very few cases of melanoma PM have been described in literature up to now.Case Presentation: We describe the clinical history of a 33-year-old male patient who underwent surgical excision of an inter-scapular melanoma in 2008....

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Main Authors: Marilda Mormando, Giulia Puliani, Agnese Barnabei, Rosa Lauretta, Marta Bianchini, Alfonsina Chiefari, Michelangelo Russillo, Francesco Cognetti, Luisa Romano, Marialuisa Appetecchia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
melanoma
pituitary melanoma metastasis
pituitary
dabrafenib
trametinib
therapy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2020.00471/full

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