Sphenoid mucocele causing hyperprolactinemia: radiologic/pathologic correlation

A suprasellar lesion masquerading as a pituitary tumor causing hyperprolactinemia in a 62-year-old man was found to be a large sphenoid mucocele. After it was successfully resected via a transsphenoidal approach, the patient's condition improved and the prolactin level fell to almost normal.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Ala.), 1986-08, Vol.79 (8), p.1017-1021
Hauptverfasser:	Fody, E P, Binet, E F
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenoma - diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential Humans Image Enhancement Male Middle Aged Mucocele - diagnostic imaging Mucocele - pathology Mucocele - surgery Pituitary Neoplasms - diagnosis Prolactin - blood Sphenoid Sinus - diagnostic imaging Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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