Panhypopituitarism caused by solitary parasellar metastasis from lung cancer.

Clinical panhypopituitarism caused by cancer with parasellar metastasis and hypothalamic invasion is very rare. This report concerns a lung cancer patient who had solitary parasellar metastasis with diabetes insipidus and panhypopituitarism as an initial manifestation, which was documented by contrast-enhanced computed tomographic scan, Gd-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, and endocrinologic studies.

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