Does Dopamine Agonist Hormonal Therapy for Macro-Prolactinoma Affect Future Surgery?
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Delayed presentation of late-onset cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea following dopamine agonist therapy for giant prolactinoma
UNLABELLED Therapeutic shrinkage of prolactinomas with dopamine agonists achieves clinical benefit but can expose fistulae that have arisen as a result of bony erosion of the sella floor and anterior skull base by the invasive tumour, resulting in the potential development of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea, meningitis, and rarely pneumocephalus. Onset of symptoms is typically within 4 mo...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2090-7125
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.25556