Hyperprolactinemia in a patient with a pituitary and an ovarian dermoid tumor: case report.
A patient with galactorrhea, amenorrhea, and hyperprolactinemia caused by a dermoid tumor of the pituitary gland is presented. The patient had a prior history of an ovarian dermoid tumor. The pathology of dermoid tumors is discussed along with the management of pituitary tumor-associated hyperprolactinemia. This is the first reported case of an intracranial and an ovarian dermoid tumor occurring in the same patient.
Klonoff
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Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
Kahn
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Rosenzweig
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Wilson
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D000328:Adult; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006966:Hyperprolactinemia / Q000209:etiology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery