Drop metastasis of adrenocorticotropic hormone-producing pituitary carcinoma to the cauda equina.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 25346823.
- Also identified by DOI 10.4184/asj.2014.8.5.680 and PMC identifier 4206820.
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Abstract
The diagnosis of pituitary carcinoma cannot be made easily histologically, and most cases of pituitary carcinoma are diagnosed only after the clinical detection of metastasis. Distant metastasis of pituitary tumor occurs in 0.1% to 0.2% of cases and has been reported in the liver, bone and central nervous system, with only one case of metastasis to the cauda equine reported. This study describes a rare case of the drop metastasis of adrenocorticotropic hormone-producing pituitary adenocarcinoma to the cauda equina, causing cauda equina syndrome.