The vanishing pituitary adenoma.
In a female patient, a pituitary tumour was discovered incidentally. Regular follow-up by magnetic resonance imaging first showed no evolution and later an almost complete disappearance of the lesion. The patient was never treated; a silent infarction of the tumour could explain the spontaneous regression.
Department of Neurology, A. Z. St-Jan, Bruges, Belgium.
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Van Zandijcke
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Casselman
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous