A Rare Case of Non-Functioning Pituitary Macroadenoma (NFMA)
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A Rare Case of Non-Functioning Pituitary Macroadenoma (NFMA)
NFMAs are benign tumors that do not produce any biologically active hormones and exceed 10 mm (0.39 in) in size. Although NFMAs are benign in origin, mass effects may lead to serious clinical symptoms such as visual impairments, chronic headache, and pituitary insufficiency. The authors describe a 51-year-old woman who had a NFMA (35 × 24 × 25 mm). The vision was reduced to 7/10 in the both eye...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2163-0569,2163-0585
DOI: 10.4236/ojmn.2014.43026