ReviewThe Ulster medical journal2021
Pituitary metastasis: a clinical overview.
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21 citing papers in PubMed.
- Article
- Pituitary metastasis as an endocrine-neuro-ophthalmologic emergency: clinical red flags and outcomes from a contemporary tertiary-center series.Pituitary · 2026Article
- Stereotactic radiosurgery for pituitary metastases: a systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis of local control and survival outcomes.Discover oncology · 2026Review
- Pituitary Metastasis in Lung Cancer Patients: Case Series and Review of the Literature.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Review
- Pituitary metastasis revisited: a retrospective single-center experience with diagnostic challenges and surgical nuances. Illustrative cases.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2026Article
- Pituitary metastasis as the first sign of distant spread in mandibular squamous cell carcinoma.Journal of surgical case reports · 2026Article
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- Revisiting strategies to target ABC transporter-mediated drug resistance in CNS cancer.Cancer biology & medicine · 2025Review
- Solitary pituitary metastasis from breast cancer masquerading as a pituitary macroadenoma: a report of 2 rare cases.Gland surgery · 2024Article
- Effects of glucocorticoid replacement therapy in patients with pituitary disease: A new perspective for personalized replacement therapy.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2024Review
- Hematologic Malignancies: Two Cases of a Rare Cause of Hypopituitarism.JCEM case reports · 2024Article
- Wrong Tissue at the Wrong Place: A Rare Case of Hypopituitarism Secondary to Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.Cureus · 2024Article
- Metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma to the pituitary gland.Radiology case reports · 2023Article
- Nonbrain metastases seen on magnetic resonance imaging during metastatic brain tumor screening.Japanese journal of radiology · 2023Review
- Colon Cancer Presenting as Pituitary Mass and Hypopituitarism: Recognition and Multidisciplinary Approach of a Rare Case.JCEM case reports · 2023Article
- Apoplexy in pituitary metastasis revealing a lung carcinoma.Respirology case reports · 2023Article
- Diabetes Insipidus due to Metastases of Undiagnosed Lung Cancer: A Case Report from Syria.Case reports in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Secondary mutant ALK-I1171s in pituitary metastases from a patient with ALK fusion-positive advanced lung adenocarcinoma: A case report and literature review.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Case Report: Pituitary metastasis as a presenting manifestation of silent gastric cardia adenocarcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Rare Pituitary Metastasis from Adenocarcinoma of Right Lung inIndian journal of nuclear medicine : IJNM : the official journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, IndiaArticle
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Abstract
The pituitary gland is an unusual site for metastatic spread and has been associated with a poor prognosis. Clinical presentation is variable but can include visual field defects, cranial nerve palsies, anterior pituitary dysfunction and/ or diabetes insipidus. Management options include surgery or radiotherapy, chemotherapy/immunotherapy or a conservative approach. The pituitary should not be overlooked as a site for metastasis in patients with known cancer and can be the first presentation of neoplastic disease in some patients. Given that patients are now living longer with cancer, clinicians should be alert to the varied presentation of pituitary metastasis. We provide a clinical overview of pituitary metastasis with the aid of illustrative clinical cases.
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