Developed diplopia due to a pituitary macroadenoma during pregnancy

Developed diplopia and ptosis due to a nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma during pregnancy

Physiologic pituitary enlargement is common during normal pregnancy. However, symptoms such as diplopia, blurred vision and headache resulting from physiologic pituitary enlargement are very rare during pregnancy. A 39-year-old woman complained of sudden diplopia and left eye ptosis at 33th weeks of gestation. An magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated the pituitary enlargement compressin...

Case report: Primary pituitary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma developed following surgery and radiation of a pituitary macroadenoma.

OBJECTIVE Primary central nervous system (CNS) non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a rarely encountered clinical entity. Here we present a case of a primary CNS diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma developed on a previously operated and irradiated pituitary macroadenoma. DESIGN-RESULTS: A 60-year-old woman presented with muscle weakness and eye lid ptosis. Thirty years ago, she was diagnosed with ...

Diplopia due to Dacryops

Dacryops is a lacrimal ductal cyst. It is known that it can cause globe displacement, motility restriction, and proptosis because of the mass effect. Diplopia due to dacryops has not been reported previously. Here, we present a 57-year-old man with binocular horizontal diplopia that occurred during left direction gaze due to dacryops.

A FSH-Secreting Pituitary Macroadenoma Causing A Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome

Case Report of a Pituitary Macroadenoma Treated With Artemether Artemether and Pituitary Macroadenoma

with radiation) is the most common treatment option. Treatment of adenomas with surgery alone is associated with a 9% risk of significant complications other than hypothyroidism. Additionally, there is a significant recurrence risk with surgical treatment alone. Park et al found a 5-year recurrence rate of 15.2% and a 10-year recurrence rate of 50.5% for 132 patients having nonfunctioning macro...