Metastasis of a Dorsal Melanoma to a Pituitary Adenoma Mimicking Pituitary Apoplexy
Metastases to pituitary adenomas are very rare. From the 20 cases found in the literature, none originated from a cutaneous melanoma. We present the case of a 67-year-old man with a history of transcranial approach to treat a pituitary macroadenoma followed by adjuvant radiotherapy. Fifteen years l...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Neurosurgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1608907 |