Hyperprolactinemia, Hypopituitarism, and Chiasmal Compression Due to Carcinoma Metastatic to the Pituitary

1 April 1981

journal article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery

Vol. 8 (4) , 477-480
https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198104000-00015

Abstract

Carcinoma metastatic to the anterior pituitary gland may simulate prolactinoma. We are reporting a case of chiasmal compression and hyperprolactinemia caused by metastatic adenocarcinoma.

Keywords

HYPOPITUITARISM
CHIASMAL COMPRESSION
HYPERPROLACTINEMIA
PROLACTINOMA
GLAND
ANTERIOR
ADENOCARCINOMA
PITUITARY