%0 Journal Article
%T Breast cancer metastatic to the pituitary gland: a case report
%A Gian Paolo Spinelli
%A Giuseppe Lo Russo
%A Evelina Miele
%A Natalie Prinzi
%A Federica Tomao
%A Manila Antonelli
%A Felice Giangaspero
%A Valeria Stati
%A Martina Strudel
%A Silverio Tomao
%J World Journal of Surgical Oncology
%D 2012
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1477-7819-10-137
%X Metastases are more frequent in older patients and the most common symptoms at presentation are diabetes insipidus and visual alterations.72-year-old white woman was treated for a breast carcinoma with right superoexternal quadrantectomy, radiotherapy, and hormone therapy. Twelve years later, the patient presented with bone pain, bilateral progressive visual decline, and onset of hypopituitarism. A diagnosis of secondary bone involvement and pituitary metastasis was made.This was an unusual disease course, and stresses the importance of intensive follow-up in patients with breast cancer even many years after the initial diagnosis This case emphasizes that diagnosis can be difficultand controversial when relapse occurs at uncommon sites.
%K Breast cancer
%K Pituitary metastases
%K Follow-up
%K Controversial diagnosis
%U http://www.wjso.com/content/10/1/137/abstract