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ea0059ep71 | Neuroendocrinology and pituitary | SFEBES2018

Internal carotid artery haemorrhage in a patient with a radiotherapy treated pituitary macroadenoma with sphenoid extension and osteonecrosis

Butterly EW , Boyle R , Drummond R , Carty DM , Boyle JG , Currie G , Hughes KA

Pituitary macroadenomas often extend to the suprasellar region, however rarely they can extend inferiorly and include erosion into the sphenoid bone, presenting unique challenges. We present a 74-year-old female who received pituitary radiotherapy in 1995 for a pituitary macroadenoma with sphenoid extension. She initially presented in 1994 with secondary amenorrhoea and hyperprolactinaemia (30,000 mu/l). She could not tolerate MRI and subsequent CT showed a pituitary macroaden...