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A curious case of vanishing pituitary adenoma
Pituitary macroadenoma is the most common suprasellar lesion in adults. If symptomatic, it is managed surgically via transsphenoidal resection. Patients commonly present with headache and visual disturbances. If the tumour is large enough, it may have mass effect and patient may present with symptom...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7240058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32461776 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.04.021 |
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author | Raeesa, Fathima Mahale, Ajit Vinay B S |
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description | Pituitary macroadenoma is the most common suprasellar lesion in adults. If symptomatic, it is managed surgically via transsphenoidal resection. Patients commonly present with headache and visual disturbances. If the tumour is large enough, it may have mass effect and patient may present with symptoms of elevated intracranial pressure like severe headache, nausea and vomiting. Functional adenomas may cause endocrine dysfunction. Here, we present a case of pituitary macroadenoma in a young adult female who presented with headache. Initial CT and MRI revealed a pituitary macroadenoma. However, repeat imaging done preoperatively showed complete regression of the lesion and a normal appearing pituitary gland. |
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spelling | pubmed-72400582020-05-26 A curious case of vanishing pituitary adenoma Raeesa, Fathima Mahale, Ajit Vinay B S Radiol Case Rep Neuroradiology Pituitary macroadenoma is the most common suprasellar lesion in adults. If symptomatic, it is managed surgically via transsphenoidal resection. Patients commonly present with headache and visual disturbances. If the tumour is large enough, it may have mass effect and patient may present with symptoms of elevated intracranial pressure like severe headache, nausea and vomiting. Functional adenomas may cause endocrine dysfunction. Here, we present a case of pituitary macroadenoma in a young adult female who presented with headache. Initial CT and MRI revealed a pituitary macroadenoma. However, repeat imaging done preoperatively showed complete regression of the lesion and a normal appearing pituitary gland. Elsevier 2020-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7240058/ /pubmed/32461776 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.04.021 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Neuroradiology Raeesa, Fathima Mahale, Ajit Vinay B S A curious case of vanishing pituitary adenoma |
title | A curious case of vanishing pituitary adenoma |
title_full | A curious case of vanishing pituitary adenoma |
title_fullStr | A curious case of vanishing pituitary adenoma |
title_full_unstemmed | A curious case of vanishing pituitary adenoma |
title_short | A curious case of vanishing pituitary adenoma |
title_sort | curious case of vanishing pituitary adenoma |
topic | Neuroradiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7240058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32461776 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.04.021 |
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