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