Pituitary metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: case report and review of the literature

Abstract

Pituitary metastasis(PM) from renal cell carcinoma(RCC) is rare, and is easy to be misdiagnosed. Here, we present a case of pituitary metastasis from clear-cell renal cell carcinoma(ccRCC) which was difficult to distinguish from other sellar region tumors. In addition, we systematically review the literature to find the characteristics of different tumors of the sellar region. It provides a new idea for the diagnosis of sellar region tumors in the clinic.

Keywords:

• Pituitary metastasis
• renal cell carcinoma
• sellar region tumors

Acknowledgments

This research was not supported by any professional writing services or materials.

Authors’ contributions

All authors provided intellectual contribution to this manuscript. PZ conceived and designed the study and edited the final manuscript. BL collected the data, performed a literature review, and produced the draft manuscript. JHC confirmed the histopathological examination results. HBZ reviewed the clinical notes. CZL, SBG and YZZ contributed to the pathological part of the review and helped with the writing of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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All participants gave written consent for the publication of the identifying photographs.

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Ethics approval and consent to participate

This study was approved by the IRB of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University.

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Funding

This work was supported by grants from the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (7162034).