Pituitary macroadenoma
Thyrotoxicosis with absence of clinical features of acromegaly in a TSH- and GH-secreting, invasive pituitary macroadenoma
... the pituitary macroadenoma has been present for some time as indicated by its size (8), production of excessive somatotropins from the adenoma could have been a recent ...co-secreting pituitary ...
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Intra Operative Rupture of Remote Aneurysm during Transphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Macroadenoma
... A 68-year old woman presented for outpatient neurosurgical consultation with chief complaint of visual loss. She reported several months of declining vision. She was referred for MR imaging which revealed a ...
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Emergence of a latent TSHoma pituitary macroadenoma on a background of primary autoimmune hypothyroidism
... the pituitary revealed a 24 × 20 × 16 mm lobulated enhancing mass from pituitary fossa, extending superiorly, consistent with a pituitary macroadenoma as shown in Figs 2 and ...tertiary ...
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Factors Influencing Disconnection Hyperprolactinemia and Reversal of Serum Prolactin after Pituitary Surgery in a Non-Functioning Pituitary Macroadenoma
... functioning pituitary macroadenoma. The serum prolactin level, pituitary adenoma volume, degree of pituitary stalk angle displacement and extent of tumour growth based on a modified Wilson- ...
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Pituitary Macroadenoma and Visual Impairment: Postoperative Outcome Prediction with Contrast Enhanced FIESTA
... with pituitary adenomas who underwent an operation and received a pathologically proved ...a pituitary macroadenoma that tightly touched or compressed the optic pathways on MR imaging; 2) they had ...
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Assessment of Hemorrhage in Pituitary Macroadenoma by T2* Weighted Gradient Echo MR Imaging
... or pituitary adenomatous interface because of dia- magnetic susceptibility gradients can obscure the inferior por- tions of the pituitary ...with pituitary macroadenoma, including ...
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GH-secreting pituitary macroadenoma (acromegaly) associated with progressive dental malocclusion and refractory CPAP treatment
... Background: A link between progressive dental malocclusion, the use of a continuous positive airway pressure mask and GH-secreting pituitary macroadenoma (acromegaly) has not been previously reported. The ...
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Optic Nerve Hyperintensity on T2 Weighted Images among Patients with Pituitary Macroadenoma: Correlation with Visual Impairment
... craniopharyngioma, pituitary adenoma, and ...to pituitary macroadenoma, however, has not been ...of pituitary macroadenoma is con- cerned, VA disturbance is an important factor, and, as ...
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Acute Psychosis Following Hydrocortisone Replacement in a Patient with Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency Due to Recurrent Postoperative Pituitary Macroadenoma
... were suggestive of adrenal insufficiency. A Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level of 2.1 mIU/L and a low Free Thyroxine (FT4) level of 0.467 ng/dL suggested secondary hypothyroidism. The patient had secondary ...
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A Rare Case of Non Functioning Pituitary Macroadenoma (NFMA)
... NFMAs are benign tumors that do not produce any biologically active hormones and exceed 10 mm (0.39 in) in size. Although NFMAs are benign in origin, mass effects may lead to serious clinical symptoms such as visual ...
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Pasireotide therapy in a rare and unusual case of plurihormonal pituitary macroadenoma
... of pituitary macroadenoma co-secreting GH, prolactin and ...of pituitary revealed a large pituitary ...debulking pituitary surgery, following which IGF1 levels improved but still ...
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Dense calcification in a GH-secreting pituitary macroadenoma
... Formal visual field assessment revealed a bitemporal visual field loss. Biochemical testing revealed markedly raised insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) levels (208 ng/ml; reference range 15.3–43.1 ng/ml), suppressed ...
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Nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma: a case report from the patient perspective
... Visual field defects exist in 60–70 % of patients with NFPA at the time of suspicion of the diagnosis, which results from pressure on the optic chiasm by the tumour [7, 9]. Patients are usually unaware of the deficiency, ...
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Prolonged preoperative treatment of acromegaly with Somatostatin analogs may improve surgical outcome in patients with invasive pituitary macroadenoma (Knosp grades 1–3): a retrospective cohort study conducted at a single center
... invasive macroadenoma was ...invasive macroadenoma (Knosp grade ≥ 1) were significantly greater compared with those in the patients who under- went surgery ...invasive macroadenoma (Knosp grades ...
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A case of a co-secreting TSH and growth hormone pituitary adenoma presenting with a thyroid nodule
... TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas are ...all pituitary adenomas (4). Not uncommonly, they co-secrete other pituitary hormones including growth hormone (in about 16% of cases), prolactin (in about 10% ...
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Journal of Neurological Research and Therapy
... We conducted a literature search in both MedLine and Google Scholar database from 1967 to October 2016 using the following keywords: “meningitis’’ and “pituitary adenoma’’ or “meningitis’’ and “macroprolactinoma’’ ...
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A case of pituitary abscess presenting without a source of infection or prior pituitary pathology
... posterior pituitary bright spot was also absent on her ...included pituitary macroadenoma, other suprasellar neoplasms such as craniopharyngioma, and pituitary ...posterior pituitary ...
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An unsuspected complication with immune checkpoint blockade: a case report
... This case shows the difficulty of the differential diagnosis when dealing with patients on immunotherapy. It also highlights the importance of the prompt start of cortico- steroid therapy once an irAE such as ...
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Immunoreactive corticotropin releasing factor in human plasma
... hypopituitarism stemming from pituitary macroadenoma, and CRF- and adrenocorticotropic hormone-producing tumors. A very low, but significant, amount of I-CRF was detected (1-3 pg/ml) in patients with ...
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Original Article miR-381 regulates pituitary adenoma cell growth and migration by targeting TWIST1
... Because miR-381 influences pituitary adeno- ma cell growth and invasion, we hypothesized that miR-381 might target genes related to tumor growth and migration. Therefore, we searched for potential target genes ...
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