Epistaxis as first clinical presentation in a child with giant prolactinoma: Case report and review of literature

Pituitary tumour have a wide way of presentation. Epistaxis due to pituitary adenoma has been rarely reported. There is no report of bleeding from nose as clinical first presentation in a child. We report the first case in literature where a child had epistaxis for eight months before deterioration...

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Autores principales: Chaurasia, Pramod Kumar, Singh, Daljit, Meher, Sujeet, Saran, R. K., Singh, Hukum
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22408665
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.92840
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Sumario:Pituitary tumour have a wide way of presentation. Epistaxis due to pituitary adenoma has been rarely reported. There is no report of bleeding from nose as clinical first presentation in a child. We report the first case in literature where a child had epistaxis for eight months before deterioration of vision. He was found to be having a invasive prolactinoma with normal prolactin levels.

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