Looking beyond the Sella: Suprasellar Infundibular Prolactinoma

Looking beyond the Sella: Suprasellar Infundibular Prolactinoma

This is a case report of a 24-year-old female who presented with galactorrhoea and elevated serum prolactin levels of 150 ng/mL. The intrasellar pituitary gland demonstrated normal morphology and characteristic enhancement. The pituitary stalk was thickened and revealed a non-enhancing lesion on dyn...

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Main Authors: Manoj Mathur, Saryu Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2016-11-01
Series:South African Journal of Radiology
Subjects:
Ectopic pituitary adenoma
suprasellar prolactinoma
Online Access:https://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/1036
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spelling doaj-96f9ab9d3aa34296824be5f4420e20382020-11-24T23:13:39ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Radiology1027-202X2078-67782016-11-01201e1e310.4102/sajr.v20i1.1036689Looking beyond the Sella: Suprasellar Infundibular ProlactinomaManoj Mathur0Saryu Gupta1Department of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical CollegeDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical CollegeThis is a case report of a 24-year-old female who presented with galactorrhoea and elevated serum prolactin levels of 150 ng/mL. The intrasellar pituitary gland demonstrated normal morphology and characteristic enhancement. The pituitary stalk was thickened and revealed a non-enhancing lesion on dynamic contrast imaging, which was interpreted as a functioning microadenoma. The patient exhibited significant clinical improvement after initiation of therapy with a dopamine agonist, Cabergoline.https://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/1036Ectopic pituitary adenomasuprasellar prolactinoma
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Looking beyond the Sella: Suprasellar Infundibular Prolactinoma
South African Journal of Radiology
Ectopic pituitary adenoma
suprasellar prolactinoma
author_facet Manoj Mathur
Saryu Gupta
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title Looking beyond the Sella: Suprasellar Infundibular Prolactinoma
title_short Looking beyond the Sella: Suprasellar Infundibular Prolactinoma
title_full Looking beyond the Sella: Suprasellar Infundibular Prolactinoma
title_fullStr Looking beyond the Sella: Suprasellar Infundibular Prolactinoma
title_full_unstemmed Looking beyond the Sella: Suprasellar Infundibular Prolactinoma
title_sort looking beyond the sella: suprasellar infundibular prolactinoma
publisher AOSIS
series South African Journal of Radiology
issn 1027-202X
2078-6778
publishDate 2016-11-01
description This is a case report of a 24-year-old female who presented with galactorrhoea and elevated serum prolactin levels of 150 ng/mL. The intrasellar pituitary gland demonstrated normal morphology and characteristic enhancement. The pituitary stalk was thickened and revealed a non-enhancing lesion on dynamic contrast imaging, which was interpreted as a functioning microadenoma. The patient exhibited significant clinical improvement after initiation of therapy with a dopamine agonist, Cabergoline.
topic Ectopic pituitary adenoma
suprasellar prolactinoma
url https://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/1036
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