Prolactinoma presenting with intermittent third nerve palsy.
A patient presented with a painful third nerve palsy. This resolved spontaneously, but recurred several months later. At his second presentation carotid angiography gave normal results, but a high resolution CT scan showed a tumour in the right parasellar region. The serum prolactin was raised at over 22,000 millimicrons/, showing this to be a prolactinoma.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D011388:Prolactin