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A Case of Atypical Pituitary Macro Adenoma
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- 1. Department of Radiodiagnosis, People's College of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bhopal (MP)
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We report a case of 17 years old male with chief complaints of severe right hemi cranial headache since 3 days for
which he seeks advice from local doctor, but did not get relief. Patient also has short height and markedly decreased vision
since last 6 weeks. Patient under gone for MRI brain with contrast revealed a large “figure of 8” markedly enhancing sellar
mass with suprasellar and right para sellar extension s/o atypical pituitary macro adenoma. Markedly raised Serum prolactin
(470ng/ml) and mildly reduced FSH & LH were noted.
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