We report the case of a young woman who presented with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea due to an undiagnosed and untreated pituitary adenoma. The tumor had extended well beyond sella turcica and caused bony erosion. The patient initially refused surgery and was treated with bromocriptine and a radiation therapy. CSF leakage did not improved and she was submitted to surgery by the transsphenoidal approach with removal of a tumor mass located in sphenoid sinus and sellar region. Origin of the leak was localized and repaired with fascia lata and a lumbar subarachnoid drain was left in place for 5 days. After 4 years she has normal serum PRL levels and no rhinorrhea. The management, complications and mechanisms involved in this rare condit...
Entre 1989 e 1997, foram internadas no Serviço de Pediatria do Hospital Geral de Santo António 38 cr...
Adenomas hipofisários (AH) geralmente são tumores benignos, com sintomas de hiposecreção ou hipersec...
Macroprolactinoma has the potential to cause base of skull erosion and often extends into the spheno...
Pituitary adenomas constitute the intracranial tumor that most frequently affects the visual system ...
Prolactinoma é raro na infância e adolescência. O diagnóstico mais precoce conhecido na literatura o...
Pituitary abscesses are potentially life-threatening lesions if not appropriately diagnosed and trea...
Pituitary adenoma is a tumor with a diameter greater than 10 mm located in the pituitary gland, with...
Metástases de neoplasias para hipófise são incomuns e ocorrem em até 1% dos tumores de hipófise. Apr...
As glândulas ceruminosas são glândulas apócrinas modificadas encontradas na região profunda da derme...
For twelve years, the subject of this report, a 38-year-old man, presented a clinical condition comp...
OBJECTIVE: This study is an updated review of a Southeast Brazilian experience NFPA, emphasizing cli...
A case of metastasis of breast adenocarcinoma into the internal auditory canal (IAC) and cerebellopo...
O macroadenoma de hipófise é um tumor de evolução lenta e que apresenta importantes distúrbios visua...
Metastasic tumors involving the pituitary gland are an uncommon finding and occur in up to 1% of all...
Los macroadenomas hipofisarios (de diámetro superior a 10 mm) son poco frecuentes como hallazgos cas...
Entre 1989 e 1997, foram internadas no Serviço de Pediatria do Hospital Geral de Santo António 38 cr...
Adenomas hipofisários (AH) geralmente são tumores benignos, com sintomas de hiposecreção ou hipersec...
Macroprolactinoma has the potential to cause base of skull erosion and often extends into the spheno...
Pituitary adenomas constitute the intracranial tumor that most frequently affects the visual system ...
Prolactinoma é raro na infância e adolescência. O diagnóstico mais precoce conhecido na literatura o...
Pituitary abscesses are potentially life-threatening lesions if not appropriately diagnosed and trea...
Pituitary adenoma is a tumor with a diameter greater than 10 mm located in the pituitary gland, with...
Metástases de neoplasias para hipófise são incomuns e ocorrem em até 1% dos tumores de hipófise. Apr...
As glândulas ceruminosas são glândulas apócrinas modificadas encontradas na região profunda da derme...
For twelve years, the subject of this report, a 38-year-old man, presented a clinical condition comp...
OBJECTIVE: This study is an updated review of a Southeast Brazilian experience NFPA, emphasizing cli...
A case of metastasis of breast adenocarcinoma into the internal auditory canal (IAC) and cerebellopo...
O macroadenoma de hipófise é um tumor de evolução lenta e que apresenta importantes distúrbios visua...
Metastasic tumors involving the pituitary gland are an uncommon finding and occur in up to 1% of all...
Los macroadenomas hipofisarios (de diámetro superior a 10 mm) son poco frecuentes como hallazgos cas...
Entre 1989 e 1997, foram internadas no Serviço de Pediatria do Hospital Geral de Santo António 38 cr...
Adenomas hipofisários (AH) geralmente são tumores benignos, com sintomas de hiposecreção ou hipersec...
Macroprolactinoma has the potential to cause base of skull erosion and often extends into the spheno...