A tale of many tumors and one endocrine site : a case series of pituitary metastases
Joint Authors
Muhammad, Muna
Dabbus, Zaynab
Benjamin, Silas
Green, Fiona
Hassun, Salman
al-Had, Tariq
Source
Issue
Vol. 2021, Issue 2 (31 Aug. 2021), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2021-08-31
Country of Publication
Qatar
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Abstract EN
Background: Metastases to the pituitary gland are extremely rare with an incidence rate reported from an autopsy series of 1.8%–12%, and only 20% was diagnosed clinically.
Tumors that commonly metas- tasize are breast and lung tumors.
Case series: We present a series of five cases, including four female patients and one male patient with metastatic cancer.
Two women had metastatic small lung cancer and presented with diabetes insipidus (DI).
Two women had metastatic breast cancer, of which one presented with DI and the other with panhypopituitarism.
The male patient had bronchogenic adenocarcinoma and presented with DI.
Conclusion: Our case series confirmed earlier reports that DI is the most common presentation of metastases to the pituitary gland.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Dabbus, Zaynab& Muhammad, Muna& Benjamin, Silas& Green, Fiona& Hassun, Salman& al-Had, Tariq. 2021. A tale of many tumors and one endocrine site : a case series of pituitary metastases. Qatar Medical Journal،Vol. 2021, no. 2, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1442290
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Dabbus, Zaynab…[et al.]. A tale of many tumors and one endocrine site : a case series of pituitary metastases. Qatar Medical Journal No. 2 (2021), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1442290
American Medical Association (AMA)
Dabbus, Zaynab& Muhammad, Muna& Benjamin, Silas& Green, Fiona& Hassun, Salman& al-Had, Tariq. A tale of many tumors and one endocrine site : a case series of pituitary metastases. Qatar Medical Journal. 2021. Vol. 2021, no. 2, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1442290
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 7-8
Record ID
BIM-1442290