Malignant prolactinoma: case report and review of the literature
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Malignant prolactinoma: case report and review of the literature.
Pituitary carcinomas are extremely rare. In general, the initial clinical, biochemical, and histological characteristics are of minimal utility in distinguishing benign adenomas from pituitary carcinomas. We describe a 63-year-old woman with a macroprolactinoma, who presented with diplopia and blurred vision. This unusual initial presentation and the subsequent aggressive clinical course, with ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Endocrinology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0804-4643,1479-683X
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02268