Adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland metastatic to the pituitary gland: Case report

Ian E. McCutcheon; Ryan H. Kitagawa; Steven I. Sherman; Janet M. Bruner

doi:10.1227/00006123-200105000-00044

Adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland metastatic to the pituitary gland: Case report

Ian E. McCutcheon, Ryan H. Kitagawa, Steven I. Sherman, Janet M. Bruner

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OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: A case of metastasis to the pituitary gland from a ductal adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland is presented. Metastasis to this site is rare, and a salivary gland source has never previously been described. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: This patient presented with hypopituitarism, including diabetes insipidus. INTERVENTION: A craniotomy was performed to alleviate visual loss. The histological features of the sellar tumor were identical to those of a tumor removed from the parotid gland 18 months earlier. CONCLUSION: Although intrasellar tumors originating from embryonic rests of salivary gland tissue have been reported, metastasis from a malignant neoplasm arising within a true salivary gland is also possible and should not be excluded from consideration for patients in whom a salivary gland-like tumor is discovered in the sella turcica.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1161-1166
Number of pages	6
Journal	Neurosurgery
Volume	48
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-200105000-00044
State	Published - 2001

Keywords

Ductal carcinoma
Metastasis
Pituitary gland
Pituitary tumor
Salivary gland neoplasm

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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