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ea0013p58 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2007

Extreme pituitary hyperplasia of normal pregnancy presenting as a macroprolactinoma

Acharya Shamasunder , Philip Sam , Danielian Peter , Olson Shona , Bevan John , Abraham Prakash

Case report: A 33-year-old pregnant Nigerian woman presented at 37 wks gestation with a 2-week history of frequent headaches and visual disturbance. She had persistent galactorrhoea following previous pregnancy in 1998, which settled after a short course of bromocriptine. On examination, she had classical bitemporal hemianopia. Her prolactin was raised at 19,220 mU/L (higher than expected in a normal pregnancy), random cortisol 553 nmol/L and thyroid function tests satisfactor...