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  • Title: Hyperprolactinaemia associated with a complex cystic pituitary mass: medical versus surgical therapy.
    Author: Inder WJ, Macfarlane MR.
    Journal: Intern Med J; 2004; 34(9-10):573-6. PubMed ID: 15482272.
    Abstract:
    A 39-year-old woman presented with visual loss and hyperprolactinaemia. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an intrasellar and suprasellar mass with a large cystic component that was hyperintense on T2-weighted imaging. Prolactin levels were up to 5400 mIU/L. Following trans-sphenoidal surgery, histology showed -elements of both a Rathke's cleft cyst and prolactinoma. We suggest primary surgical management of large cystic pituitary lesions with associated hyperprolactinaemia, particularly when there is hyperintensity on T2-weighted imaging.
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