Pineal and suprasellar metastasis of lung cancer: case report and review of the literature

Comput Med Imaging Graph. 1995 Sep-Oct;19(5):435-7. doi: 10.1016/0895-6111(95)00029-1.

Abstract

A very rare case of simultaneous pineal and suprasellar metastasis of lung cancer in a 46-year-old man is reported. Simultaneous mass lesions in these regions are usually diagnosed as primary germ cell tumors in the central nervous system. The clinical features and differential diagnosis are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / secondary*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Germinoma / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pineal Gland / pathology*
  • Sella Turcica