Magalhães Julia Fragoso, Bacchin Renata Prota, Costa Priscila Scatena, Alves Gisele Malavazi, Fraige Filho Fadlo, Stella Lenira Cristina
Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol. 2014 Nov;58(8):869-72. doi: 10.1590/0004-2730000002950. Epub 2014 Nov 1.
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.
垂体转移瘤是一种不常见的并发症，多见于患有弥漫性恶性疾病的老年患者。乳腺和肺是原发肿瘤最常见的部位。乳腺癌转移患者的预后较差，取决于原发肿瘤的扩展情况。我们报告了一名54岁女性，因视觉障碍首次被诊断为垂体柄乳腺癌转移，无其他症状。垂体柄转移非常罕见，本病例报告还包括文献综述。
