ea0019p256 | Pituitary | SFEBES2009
Muralidhara Koteshwara
, Vaughan Nick
A 43-year-old, previously well Asian male was found to have a large intrasellar mass when investigated with an MRI brain for a history of reduced hearing. He had no other clinical history. His visual fields were normal. The tumour had extended to the suprasellar cistern but there was no optic nerve compression. Pre-operative biochemistry showed mild panhypopituitarism with a 0900 a.m. cortisol of 135 mmols/l, a free T4 of 8.5 pmols/l, a free T3 of 3.2 pmo...