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Case Reports
. 2011 Dec;25(6):754-6.
doi: 10.3109/02688697.2010.544791. Epub 2011 Feb 23.

Giant prolactinoma causing cranio-cervical junction instability: a case report

Malik J A Zaben  1 , Stuart E Harrisson, N V Mathad
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Giant prolactinoma causing cranio-cervical junction instability: a case report

Malik J A Zaben et al. Br J Neurosurg. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Prolactinomas are common secretory pituitary tumours, usually managed with dopamine agonists. There have previously been case reports of rarer giant prolactinomas causing invasion of surrounding structures. We describe a case report of an exceptionally aggressive giant prolactinoma that eroded the occipital condyles causing cranio-cervical joint instability mandating surgical fixation.

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