An Unusual Case of Ectopic Prolactinoma in the Clivus

Ectopic pituitary adenomas occur mostly in the sphenoid sinus or nasopharynx, and rarely in the clivus. The differential diagnosis for a clival lesion is vast and includes chordoma (40%; being the most common), chondrosarcoma, meningioma, astrocytoma, craniopharyngioma, germ cell tumor, melanoma, no...

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Veröffentlicht in:Turkish journal of endocrinology and metabolism 2019, Vol.23 (3), p.191-194
Hauptverfasser: ÇALAPKULU, Murat, ÖZ GÜL, Özen, CANDER, Soner, ERSOY, Canan, ERTÜRK, Erdinç, HAKYEMEZ, Bahattin
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Zusammenfassung:Ectopic pituitary adenomas occur mostly in the sphenoid sinus or nasopharynx, and rarely in the clivus. The differential diagnosis for a clival lesion is vast and includes chordoma (40%; being the most common), chondrosarcoma, meningioma, astrocytoma, craniopharyngioma, germ cell tumor, melanoma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, metastatic carcinoma, and rarely pituitary adenoma. Most of the adenomas detected in the clivus and those functioning endocrinologically, come out to be prolactinomas. Herein, the authors report a rare case of ectopic prolactinoma in the clivus in a 35-year-old male patient who reported with signs of weight loss, impotence, dizziness, and a clival lesion.
ISSN:1301-2193
1308-9846
DOI:10.25179/tjem.2019-66224