Pituitary Metastases from Thyroid Carcinoma: Case Series and Literature Review
Metastases to the pituitary gland are extremely rare.Most of the reported cases arise from breast and lung cancer, with metastases from thyroid cancer seldom reported.Thyroid cancer metastases to the pituitary gland may occur as the initial presentation of metastatic disease or part of widespread disease and may occur years after the primary thyroid cancer diagnosis.Herein, we present three cases of thyroid cancer that metastasized to the pituitary gland and review the literature to address its clinical and radiologic features, prognosis, treatment, and differential diagnosis.
Authors
- Brett A. Fadrique
- James Matthew Debnam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3095-8936)
- Salmaan Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2500-5735)
- L Ramírez
- Trevor Abts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4227-8544)
Institutions
- Creighton University (US)
- Texas Tech University (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Radiology Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.5557
- Primary Topic
- Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00