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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 22, Issue 10, Pages 1676-1678Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.03.040
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Bilateral; Double pituitary adenomas; Macroadenoma; Microadenoma; Prolactinoma; Transsphenoidal surgery
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We report a 27-year-old woman with amenorrhea and galactorrhea with mildly elevated serum prolactin levels. Her MRI demonstrated a cystic macroadenoma in the left aspect of the sella and a small microadenoma in the right aspect of the sella. Endoscopic transsphenoidal resection of the tumors revealed two histologically distinct tumors. The left tumor was consistent with a silent corticotroph macroadenoma and the right tumor was a prolactin producing microadenoma. Isolated double pituitary adenomas that are clearly separated by normal pituitary gland tissue are extremely rare. The incidence is approximately 0.37-2.6%. The coexistence of double adenomas can pose diagnostic and management challenges for the pituitary neuroendocrine team. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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