Pituitary adenomas are one of the most common intracranial tumors. Non-functioning macroadenomas usually diagnosed when they cause symptoms due to mass effect on surrounding structures. We present case a 48-year-old man who presented with headache associated ptosis right eye and right-sided blurry vision for three days. Initial computerized tomography (CT) scan head did not report mass, acute i...

This is a case of partial hypopituitarism resulting from surgery and radiation for a non- functioning pituitary macroadenoma. The patient had amenorrhea which was secondary to hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism and had been on L-thyroxine for central hypothyroidism. For pregnancy, ovulation was induced by gonadotrophins and this was followed by an intrauterine insemination. The antenatal period was...

A patient is described in whom thyroid binding globulin (TBG) excess was found in association with a pituitary macroadenoma containing thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)-producing cells, and the potential for diagnostic confusion arising from this unusual combination of endocrine disorders is discussed. The patient presented with visual field disturbance, and magnetic resonance imaging led to th...

BACKGROUND Dopamine agonists are widely used in the treatment of pituitary prolactinomas. We report a case of inferior mesial frontal lobe (gyrus rectus) and chiasmal herniations into an enlarged sella following successful medical treatment of a pituitary macroadenoma. METHOD A 71-year-old healthy man presented to medical attention with visual complaints. On examination, he was found to have ...