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Endocrinologist:
July/August 2008 - Volume 18 - Issue 4 - pp 165-166
doi: 10.1097/TEN.0b013e31817fff1f
Case Report

Diabetes Insipidus and Panhypopituitarism in Metastatic Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

del Castañar García-Gómez, María MD; Toral, Fernando Pazos MD; Parada, Julio Freijanes MD; Barroso, Piedad Galdós MD; Pérez-Lastra, Leopoldo MD

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Abstract

Metastatic tumors of the hypothalamic-pituitary region are uncommon. The majority of metastases in this area are silent lesions incidentally discovered at autopsy. Breast carcinoma in women and lung and prostate carcinoma in men are the most common primary tumors. Symptomatic metastases from esophageal adenocarcinoma are very rare. We describe the case of a 47-year-old man with an adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, who developed panhypopituitarism, diabetes insipidus, and symptoms secondary to metastatic infiltration of the hypothalamic-pituitary region. The unusual primary tumor and clinical presentation make this case very interesting. Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and therapeutic management of hypothalamic-pituitary metastases are reviewed.

© 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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