Open AccessMetastasis within a Pituitary Adenoma Presenting with Bilateral Abducens Palsies: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Eric L. Zager,
E. T. HedleyWhyte
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-198709000-00018
Subject(s) - medicine , abducens nerve , diplopia , pituitary adenoma , metastasis , radiology , surgery , adenoma , pathology , cancer , palsy , alternative medicine
A 56-year-old woman with metastatic breast carcinoma presented on her terminal hospital admission with diplopia secondary to bilateral abducens nerve palsies. Postmortem examination revealed a sellar mass composed of an unsuspected pituitary adenoma infiltrated by metastatic carcinoma. Review of the literature revealed only seven patients with this rare neoplasm-to-neoplasm metastasis, none of whom were reported to have had abducens palsies.