A Rare Case of Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Metastasizing to the Pituitary Gland
- 1 May 2014
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Vol. 39 (5), e318-e319
- https://doi.org/10.1097/rlu.0b013e31828da679
Abstract
Metastases to the pituitary gland are rare. We here present a case of a 52-year-old man with non-small cell lung cancer where pituitary metastasis was detected on staging F-FDG PET-CT, characterized with MRI and confirmed at histopathology. By demonstrating such rare site of metastasis, F-FDG PET-CT can have significant impact on management of cancer patients.Keywords
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