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ea0011p126 | Clinical case reports | ECE2006

Megadenoma

Field BCT , Barnes SC , Wheeler MJ , Powell MP , Thomas SM , Carroll PV

A 44-year-old woman presented to an emergency department with ear pain and worsening of longstanding headache. There was no history of menstrual disturbance, galactorrhoea, tiredness or weight gain and physical examination demonstrated only a left homonymous hemianopia. CT head scan revealed a brightly enhancing, enormous, lobulated mass arising from the pituitary fossa and causing obstructive hydrocephalus through compression of the fourth ventricle. Following collection of b...