title: Prolactinoma invasion of superior ophthalmic vein: CT and MR findings.
abstract: We report a case in a 6-year-old boy of orbital invasion by prolactinoma in which the cavernous sinus was involved with direct spread into the superior ophthalmic vein, as seen with CT and MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, UMDNJ University Hospital, Newark 07103-2425.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Angyal
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Wolansky
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Koenigsberger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nathanson
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Zimmer
mesh_terms: D002426:Cavernous Sinus; D002648:Child; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014680:Veins