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Progressive visual disturbance and enlarging prolactinoma caused by melanoma metastasis: A case report and literature review.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- "Intrasellar tumor-to-tumor metastasis: A single center experience with a systematic review".Pituitary · 2024Pooled it
- Pituitary and pineal gland metastases from pulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma: A case report and literature review.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2025Article
- Malignant melanoma with pituitary metastasis: A case report and literature review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- Rapid Growth of a Lung Cancer Metastasis to a Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumor: A Case Report and Literature Review.NMC case report journal · 2025Article
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- Effects of glucocorticoid replacement therapy in patients with pituitary disease: A new perspective for personalized replacement therapy.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2024Review
- Neuro-ophthalmological findings of pituitary metastasis: Case series from a single center and review of the literature.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Aggressive Pituitary Tumors and Pituitary Carcinomas: From Pathology to Treatment.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2023Article
- Metastatic Seeding From a Gastrointestinal Neoplasia in a Pituitary Adenoma: A Case Report and Literature Review.Cureus · 2023Article
- Melanoma metastasis to a nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2021Article
- A Rare Case of Pituitary Melanoma Metastasis: A Dramatic and Prolonged Response to Dabrafenib-Trametinib Therapy.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2020Article
- Pituitary Metastatic Composite Tumors: A Case Report with Next-Generation Sequencing and Review of the Literature.Case reports in oncological medicine · 2020Article
- Review
- Human Prolactinoma: A View of Protein-Protein Interaction Pattern.International journal of endocrinology and metabolism · 2018Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
rationaleMelanoma metastases to the pituitary adenoma (MMPA) are extremely rare, with only 1 reported case. To date, the melanoma metastasis to the existing prolactinoma has not been reported in literatures. PATIENT CONCERNS: We report a case of 62-year-old woman presented with progressive visual disturbance and hyperprolactinemia. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated the presence of a round sellar mass. DIAGNOSES: Melanoma metastasis to the pituitary adenoma.
interventionsSurgery was performed and intraoperative frozensection examination found melanin granules and histopathological examination confirmed melanoma metastasis to the pituitary adenoma. OUTCOMES: After surgery, the patient developed widespread melanoma metastasis to lower limbs. Twenty-two months later, the patient was alive with worse symptoms. LESSONS: We reviewed and analyzed the clinical data, imaging features, and treatment methods of other reported cases of metastases to pituitary adenoma (MPA). This study provides clinical information for the diagnosis and management of MMPA.
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