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Pituitary metastasis of breast carcinoma misdiagnosed as lymphocytic hypophysitis: One case report and literature review
LI Xin  ZHANG Xin  LIANG Xue  JIN Wei  LI Baoxin  ZHANG Bing 

Cite this article as: Li X, Zhang X, Liang X, et al. Pituitary metastasis of breast carcinoma misdiagnosed as lymphocytic hypophysitis: One case report and literature review[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(10): 78-79. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.10.019.


[Keywords] breast carcinoma;pituitary metastasis;lymphocytic hypophysitis;magnetic resonance imaging;image diagnosis

LI Xin1   ZHANG Xin2   LIANG Xue2   JIN Wei3   LI Baoxin1, 2   ZHANG Bing1, 2*  

1 Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China

2 Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, China

3 Department of Neurosurgery, the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, China

Zhang B, E-mail: zhangbing_nanjing@nju.edu.cn

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2021-04-28
Accepted  2021-06-22
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.10.019
Cite this article as: Li X, Zhang X, Liang X, et al. Pituitary metastasis of breast carcinoma misdiagnosed as lymphocytic hypophysitis: One case report and literature review[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(10): 78-79. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.10.019.

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