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ArticleRadiology case reports2023

Metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma to the pituitary gland.

Syed Anam Asim, Abdurrahim Abdalla Elashaal

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Article in Radiology case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Rare Pituitary Metastasis from Adenocarcinoma of Right Lung inIndian journal of nuclear medicine : IJNM : the official journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Syed Anam AsimWindsor Regional Hospital, 1030 Ouellette Ave, Windsor, ON N9A 1E1, Canada.
Abdurrahim Abdalla ElashaalWindsor Regional Hospital, 1030 Ouellette Ave, Windsor, ON N9A 1E1, Canada.
Windsor Regional Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pituitary metastasis (PM) is rare occurrence and accounts for <1% of all intracranial metastatic lesions. In this study, we highlight the importance of considering atypical sites for lung adenocarcinoma metastasis by presenting a case of a 54-year-old male who was diagnosed with PM 15 months after being diagnosed with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma with metastasis to the spine, pelvis, left frontal lobe, and right occipital lobe. He was on a prolonged course of chemotherapy during those 15 months and received palliative radiation for his brain metastasis with subsequent remission after 5 months following his initial diagnosis. The pituitary lesion was picked up as an incidental finding on a routine staging magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 10 months after his brain metastasis remission. The patient successfully underwent trans-sphenoidal pituitary lesion resection. This case emphasizes the importance of routine surveillance and examination of atypical sites of metastasis even in patients undergoing a prolonged course of chemotherapy.

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HypopituitarismLung adenocarcinomaMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI)MetastasisNeurosurgeryPituitary

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PMID37588239
PMCPMC10425746
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