Hypophyseal Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma presenting with clinical panhypopituitarism successfully treated with chemotherapy
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Neuro-Oncology
- Vol. 17 (2), 155-158
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01050217
Abstract
A patient is described with a testicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) presenting with panhypopituitarism caused by a hypophyseal localization. A67Gallium scintigraphy showed avid uptake in the hypophyseal region. Obviously67Gallium could reach the tumor, by the intravenous route, which was the reason to treat the patient with intravenous chemotherapy. A complete remission was induced, which seems to be lasting (+ 25 months). As far as we know this is the first report of panhypopituitarism caused by a hypophyseal NHL in the hypophysis and successfully treated by intravenous chemotherapy.Keywords
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