Hypothalamic hypopituitarism secondary to suprasellar metastases from small cell lung cancer: a case report and review of the literature

Hypothalamic hypopituitarism secondary to suprasellar metastases from small cell lung cancer: a case report and review of the literature

Abstract Background Metastasis to the pituitary gland is an infrequent clinical problem, and the symptoms caused by metastases have been reported in only 2.5–18.2% of the cases. However, metastasis to the suprasellar lesion has rarely been reported in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, on...

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Main Authors: Ryohei Ono, Ryoji Ito, Keiko Nakagawa, Shinichi Teshima, Izumi Kitagawa, Hideyasu Sugimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Hypothalamic hypopituitarism
Small cell lung cancer
Hormone replacement therapy
Pan-hypopituitarism
Suprasellar
Recessus infundibuli
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-018-1871-0

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