Review cases with hyothalamo-hypophyseal metastases which raise complex therapeutic
situations. Files of patients hospitalized from 1992 to 1996 at the Cochin Hospital …

Metastatic tumors of the pituitary gland and parasellar region are unusual and are generally
observed both in an advanced phase of the disease and at autopsy. The occurrence of …

The authors present two patients with symptomatic carcinomas which have metastasized to
pituitary adenomas. Despite the advanced age of these patients, the preoperative clinical …

Pituitary metastasis is a rare cause of an intrasellar mass. The authors report a series of 52
patients with intrasellar metastases diagnosed between 1950 and 1996. The patient group …

Pituitary metastases were found in 18 (1.0%) out of 1,857 autopsy cancer cases. Metastases
were present in the anterior lobes of 4 and in the posterior lobes of 6 patients. Both lobes …

The presence of distant metastases may be asymptomatic in patients who present with
symptoms and signs due to the local mass effects of an invasive pituitary adenoma. A case …

Over the past 12 years we encountered three histologically confirmed pituitary metastases.
Primary cancer had been diagnosed and treated previously in only one patient. In the …

Background: Symptomatic pituitary metastasis is an uncommon clinical problem. It may be
difficult to distinguish pituitary metastasis from pituitary adenomas both clinically and …

Symptomatic pituitary metastases are uncommon and may be difficult to differentiate from
pituitary adenomas. In order to ascertain the incidence of pituitary tumors in cancer patients …

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 …