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ea0013p241 | Neuroendocrinology and behaviour (including pituitary) | SFEBES2007

Late development of secondary resistance to cabergoline in a patient with a lactotroph adenoma

Draman Mohd Shazli , Moran Carla , King Tom , Crowley Rachel , O’Sullivan Eoin , Smith Diarmuid , Thompson Christopher , Agha Amar

Primary resistance to Cabergoline occurs in a minority of patients with lactotroph adenomas but the development of late resistance following initial response is an extremely rare phenomenon which has only been reported in very few cases.: We report the case of a 57 year old lady who was presented in 1997 with headaches and visual failure and was found to have a large pituitary mass with compression of the optic chiasm and invasion into the cavernous sinuses bilaterally. Serum ...