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ea0007p259 | Clinical case reports | BES2004

Diagnostic difficulty in differentiating between meningioma and pituitary adenoma

Hatfield E , Lewis D , Powell M , Ng K , Kong C , Johnston C

We report two patients (AB 41 years, LS 55 years) presenting with symptoms of hyperprolactinaemia. Prolactin levels were moderately elevated: 1539 (AB), 1186 (LS) (NR 59-619 mU/L). The remainder of the pituitary profile was normal. Neither patient had visual field defects. MRIs (without contrast) reported pituitary macroadenoma with suprasellar extension but no optic chiasm compression. The initial diagnosis was of probable non-functioning adenoma causing stalk compression. Bo...