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

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

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1981

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Olusegun B. Leramo, John D. Booth, B. Zinman, C. Bergeron, Anders A. F. Sima, Thomas Morley

Pituitary GlandAnterior Pituitary GlandChiasmal CompressionPathologyCarcinoma MetastaticPituitary DiseaseRadiation OncologyChiasmal Compression DueMetastatic AdenocarcinomaEndocrine Disease

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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.