Retrosellar cyst and pituitary adenoma
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A case of a pituitary adenoma associated with hyperprolactinemia and contiguous to a supra and retrosellar cyst is presented. Only three patients with pituitary adenomas accompanied by parasellar cysts have been previously described. It is the first time that this relationship is illustrated by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Simultaneous occurrence of arachnoid cysts and adenomas is generally regarded as incidental but the responsibility of the adenoma in the genesis of the cyst was clearly demostrated in one of the previous reports.
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