Hypopituitarism secondary to a pituitary metastasis in a young woman with an invasive breast carcinoma

Hypopituitarism secondary to a pituitary metastasis in a young woman with an invasive breast carcinoma

Hypopituitarism secondary to a pituitary metastasis is rare and difficult to diagnose since its symptoms are nonspecific. The presence of visual deficits and nerve palsies should suggest the presence of a pituitary metastasis in a cancer patient. Hypopituitarism secondary to a pituitary metastasis i...

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Published in:Clinical case reports Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. e04175 - n/a
Main Authors: Oueslati, Ibtissem, Ayari, Sabrina, Yazidi, Meriem, Bouali, Sofiene, Khessairi, Nadia, Chihaoui, Melika
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-06-2021
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Wiley
Subjects:
Blood pressure
Brain cancer
Breast cancer
breast carcinoma
Cancer therapies
Case Report
Case Reports
Chemotherapy
Diabetes
hemianopsia
Hormone replacement therapy
hypopituitarism
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
ophthalmoplegia
Patients
Pituitary gland
pituitary metastasis
ptosis
Radiation therapy
Sinuses
Surgery
Tumors
hypopituitarism
ophthalmoplegia
pituitary metastasis
breast carcinoma
hemianopsia
ptosis
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Summary:Hypopituitarism secondary to a pituitary metastasis is rare and difficult to diagnose since its symptoms are nonspecific. The presence of visual deficits and nerve palsies should suggest the presence of a pituitary metastasis in a cancer patient. Hypopituitarism secondary to a pituitary metastasis is rare and difficult to diagnose since its symptoms are nonspecific. The presence of visual deficits and nerve palsies should suggest the presence of a pituitary metastasis in a cancer patient.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.4175