Sellar Solitary Plasmacytoma Progressing to Multiple Myeloma
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Sellar Solitary Plasmacytoma Progressing to Multiple Myeloma
Sellar plasmacytoma is a rare cause of sellar lesions. Preoperative diagnosis remains a challenge. We present a 34-year-old Chinese woman with a 25-day history of headache and diplopia. A physical examination revealed incomplete left abducens nerve palsy. The initial diagnosis was invasive pituitary adenoma. The patient’s condition deteriorated suddenly the day before the arranged operating dat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000000058