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Case Reports
. 2009 Apr;56(4):201-4.
doi: 10.1016/S1575-0922(09)70985-4. Epub 2009 Jun 11.

[Secondary hypopituitarism due to hypothalamic metastasis from small cell lung cancer]

[Article in Spanish]
Eva María Guerra Alía  1 , Pilar Garrido López, Vanesa Pachón Olmos, Javier Medina Martínez, Antonio González Martín, María Angeles Vaz Salgado
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[Secondary hypopituitarism due to hypothalamic metastasis from small cell lung cancer]

[Article in Spanish]
Eva María Guerra Alía et al. Endocrinol Nutr. 2009 Apr.

Abstract

Parasellar and hypothalamic metastases are uncommon. Their principal clinical manifestation is diabetes insipidus. Associated hypopituitarism is very rare. We report the case of a 54-year-old man with small cell lung cancer and hypopituitarism. A brain magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed a mass in the anterior region of the third ventricle with no clear etiology. The patient began chemotherapy treatment and the mass disappeared, which confirmed the diagnosis of secondary hypopituitarism caused by hypothalamic metastasis from small cell lung cancer.

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