Chronic Atypical Depression as an Early Feature of Pituitary Adenoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Chronic Atypical Depression as an Early Feature of Pituitary Adenoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Pituitary adenomas are often diagnosed as incidental findings on brain imaging. We present the case of a 52-year-old African American female patient with long standing depressed mood prior to the incidental finding of a pituitary adenoma. We explore the possibility of certain mood symptoms prompting...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case reports in psychiatry 2019, Vol.2019, p.4892183-10
Hauptverfasser: Cardoso, Filipa, Azizi, Heela, Kilpatrick, Alexander, Olayinka, Olaniyi, Khan, Tasmia, Kahn, Alexa, Canale, Cecilia, Ojimba, Chiedozie, Popoola, Olusegun, Nuthalapati, Deepa, Ahmad, Maleeha, Iskander, Mirna, Chohan, Ali, Parisi, Sara, Umesi, Ulunma, Kalbouneh, Hashem, Bhattacharya, Arka, Kodjo, Kodjovi, Jegede, Oluwole, Jolayemi, Ayodeji
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
ACTH
Adenoma
African American women
Apathy
Brain research
Brain tumors
Case Report
Case reports
Emotional disorders
Growth hormones
Headaches
Hormone replacement therapy
Laboratories
Literature reviews
Mental depression
Neurosurgery
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Patients
Pituitary gland
Pituitary gland tumors
Somatotropin
Traumatic brain injury
Tumors
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Zusammenfassung:Pituitary adenomas are often diagnosed as incidental findings on brain imaging. We present the case of a 52-year-old African American female patient with long standing depressed mood prior to the incidental finding of a pituitary adenoma. We explore the possibility of certain mood symptoms prompting an early diagnosis of pituitary adenoma.
ISSN:2090-682X
2090-6838
DOI:10.1155/2019/4892183