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Query: UMLS:C0677930 (
primary tumor
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Metastatic tumors to the pituitary gland are an unusual complication typically seen in elderly patients with diffuse malignant disease. Breast and lung are the commonest sites of the
primary tumor
. Prognosis of patients with breast cancer metastasis is poor and depends on the primary neoplastic extension. We report a 54 year-old woman with breast cancer metastasis to the pituitary stalk first diagnosed because of visual disturbance with no other symptoms.
Pituitary gland
stalk metastasis is a very uncommon find and this case report includes a literature review.
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PMID:Breast cancer metastasis to the pituitary gland. 2546 12
