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ea0011p504 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2006

Headaches cured by surgery

Banerjee A , Balaratnam M , Dhillo W , Mendoza N , Meeran K

Headaches associated with acromegaly are common even after hypophysectomy. Medical treatment with dopamine agonists and Somatostatin analogues often help. We report two cases when pharmacological therapy failed but further surgical removal of residual pituitary tissue cured the headaches.A 38 year-old lady presented with an eight year history of headaches, unresponsive to simple analgesia. Acromegaly was confirmed by a raised serum growth hormone (GH) 33...