A Sellar Mass

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Identifier walsh_1988_s2_c5
Title A Sellar Mass
Creator Wayne Shtybel
Subject Diplopia; Blepharoptosis; Pituitary Neoplasms; Neoplasm Metastasis; Adenocarcinoma; Cranial Nerve Diseases
History A 70-year old male with acute, painless horizontal diplopia followed 2 months later by headache, nausea, photophobia and weight loss.
Pathology Adenocarcinoma of the colon metastatic to the pituitary
Disease/Diagnosis Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon within a nonsecretory pituitary adenoma
Presenting Symptom Diplopia; Headache; Nausea; Photophobia; Weight loss
Neuroimaging CT
Treatment Surgery; XRT
Date 1988
References 1. James R, et al: Hypophyseal metastatic renal cell carcinoma and pituitary adenoma. Am J Med (1984) 76:337-340. 2. Max MB, et al: Pituitary metastases: Incidence in cancer patients and clinical differentiation from pituitary adenoma. Neurol (1981) 31:998-1002. 3. Molinatti PA, et al: Metastasis to pituitary adenoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1985) 109:287-289. 4. Richardson, JF and Katayama I: Neoplasm to neoplasm metastases. Arch Pathol (1971) 91:135-139. 5. Van der Zwan A, et al: Metastasis of mammary carcinoma in a chromophobe adenoma of the hypophysis. Psychiatr Neurol Neurochir (1971) 74:369-377. 6. Hickey WF and Seller MW: markers of colonic adenocarcinoma. Cancer (1981) 47:140-145.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Relation is Part of Case presented at the NANOS 1988 Walsh Session, May 7-8
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
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Contributor Primary Shtybel, Wayne
Contributor Secondary Estes, Melinda; Tomsak, Robert L.
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ID 178108
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mw2kwh