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A CASE OF GIANT PROLACTINOMA PRESENTING WITH A SEIZURE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH MEDICAL THERAPY WITH 1-YEAR FOLLOW-UP.

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[Results of treatment for male prolactinomas].

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We evaluated the results of medical treatment for male prolactinomas. We encountered eight patients with male prolactinomas. The age was 25 to 54 years old (mean 43 years) and the chief clinical symptoms were visual acuity/field defect in three patients, pituitary apoplexy in one patient,

Status epilepticus induced by treatment with dopamine agonist therapy for giant prolactinoma: a case report.

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Dopamine agonists are the standard first-line medical therapy for prolactinoma. We report a rare case of giant prolactinoma with a first epileptic seizure due to rapid reduction of the tumor as a complication of dopamine agonist therapy.A 27-year-old

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with a prolactin-producing pituitary adenoma.

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We report here the case of a 44-year-old woman with thrombocytopenia, anemia, convulsions, hyperprolactinemia, and galactorrhea. The patient died of cardiac failure. Autopsy revealed PAS-positive and von Willebrand factor-positive microthrombi in the arterioles and capillaries of many organs, mainly

General seizures revealing macro-adenomas secreting prolactin or prolactin and growth hormone in men.

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BACKGROUND Epilepsy is a heterogeneous condition with numerous etiologies. Pituitary tumors are rarely responsible for generalized convulsions except when they are very large. Apart from anecdotic cases, only one study concerning epilepsy frequency in male macroprolactinomas is available in Medline.

Cabergoline-Induced Pneumocephalus Following Treatment for Giant Invasive Macroprolactinoma Presenting With Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea.

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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea is rarely reported as the first presenting feature of giant invasive macroprolactinomas. Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea is usually reported as a complication of trauma, neurosurgical, and skull-based procedures (such as pituitary surgery or radiations), and less

Brain and optic chiasmal herniations into sella after cabergoline therapy of giant prolactinoma.

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Optic chiasmal herniation following dopamine agonist therapy is a rare complication in patients with giant prolactinomas. But there are a few case reports of brain and chiasmal herniation following medical therapy in such cases. We report a young man who developed secondary visual loss and seizures

Brain and optic chiasmal herniation following cabergoline treatment for a giant prolactinoma: wait or intervene?

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OBJECTIVE Dopamine agonists (DA) are the treatment of choice in patients with macroprolactinomas. Brain and optic chiasm herniation are unusual complications following treatment with DA. METHODS We present a case of a giant prolactinoma complicated by visual deterioration following cabergoline

Macroprolactinomas and epilepsy.

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OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence and characteristics of epilepsy in patients with macroprolactinomas. Secondly, to report the response to dopamine agonist (DA) therapy. METHODS A case note analysis of all patients with a diagnosis of macroprolactinoma attending a neuroendocrine clinic between 1996

Severe hyponatremia after transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas.

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Severe hyponatremia has been described after elective surgery with subsequent permanent brain damage. Other authors, however, have noted that morbidity and mortality rates of severe hyponatremia have been greatly overestimated. We retrospectively examined 19 patients (8 male, 11 female) who

Aetiologies of Hyperprolactinaemia: A retrospective analysis from a tertiary healthcare centre.

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This study aimed to evaluate the aetiologies of hyperprolactinaemia in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).This retrospective study used laboratory databases to identify all patients who underwent evaluation for prolactin at Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE, between

Bromocriptine

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Bromocriptine is usually not used during breastfeeding because it suppresses lactation. The indication of lactation suppression has been withdrawn in the U.S. and discouraged in other countries because it increases the risk of maternal stroke, seizures, cardiovascular disorders, death and possibly

[The benefits of aging. I. Patience and cure: spontaneous beneficial course of certain diseases].

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Some chronic diseases have a favourable course and are cured spontaneously. Allergic diseases such as eczema, hay fever and asthma have a good outcome in more than 75% of cases within 7 to 25 years, depending on the kind of allergy. Migraines have also a good evolution in children and after

Preclinical and clinical studies with cysteamine and pantethine related to the central nervous system.

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1. Cysteamine is formed by degradation of coenzyme A (CoA) and causes somatostatin (SS), prolactin and noradrenaline depletion in the brain and peripheral tissues. 2. Cysteamine influences several behavioral processes, like active and passive avoidance behavior, open-field activity, kindled

[Hippocampal hemosiderin deposit due to large pituitary adenoma presenting temporal lobe epilepsy--a case report].

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There have been reports of epilepsy associated with pituitary adenoma, but the epileptogenic zone and its histopathology have never been sufficiently described. We report a case of pituitary adenoma complicated by temporal lobe epilepsy, in which the epileptogenic focus was identified, resected, and

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