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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Moreno-Perez, O
• Peiró, F M
• López, P
• Boix, E
• Meoro, A
• Serna-Candel, C
• Aranda, F I
• Picó, A M

Titel

An isolated pituitary metastasis as presentation of a differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma mimicking a nonfunctioning macroadenoma

Ist Teil von

• Journal of endocrinological investigation, 2007-05, Vol.30 (5), p.428-433

Ort / Verlag

Italy

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The differential diagnosis of sellar masses may be complex. Metastatic disease constitutes 1% of all pituitary lesions and sometimes mimics the clinical-radiological presentation of pituitary adenoma. The definitive diagnosis usually relies on histology, but occasionally even histological features of pituitary metastasis may resemble those of adenomas. We present a patient initially diagnosed with pituitary adenoma, but whose clinical course finally revealed pituitary metastasis of a hepatocellular carcinoma. The existing literature on this topic is reviewed.