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. 2018 Jan-Mar;9(1):170-173.
doi: 10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_325_17.

Prolactin Secreting Pituitary Carcinoma with Extracranial Spread Presenting with Pathological Fracture of Femur

Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar  1 , Guru Dutta Satyarthee  2 , Willem Guillermo Calderon-Miranda  3 , Jorge Aquino Matus  3 , Alfonso Pacheco-Hernandez  1 , Paulo Cesar Puac-Polanco  4 , Amit Agrawal  5
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Prolactin Secreting Pituitary Carcinoma with Extracranial Spread Presenting with Pathological Fracture of Femur

Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar et al. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2018 Jan-Mar.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Brain computed tomography scan was carried out and revealed the presence of hyperdense mass lesion in sella with extrasellar spread
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a and b) Magnetic resonance imaging of the muscle was present, with diaphyseal metastatic lesion
Figure 3
Figure 3
Biopsy was suggestive of metastatic deposit of prolactin secreting pituitary carcinoma
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