Male prolactinoma with pituitary apoplexy concomitant with intracerebral hemorrhage--case report.
A 56-year-old male presented with a prolactin-secreting pituitary adenoma who suffered pituitary apoplexy associated with intracerebral hemorrhage of the caudate head and putamen. The centers of both the intratumoral hematoma and intracerebral hemorrhage appeared as hyperintense on T1-weighted and T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, indicating the subacute stage and probably similar timing of onset. The tumor was treated surgically 6 weeks after the onset. The causative factor for the apoplexy remains unclear.
Abe
Takumi
T
Department of Neurosurgery, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo. takumi@med.showa-u.ac.jp
Kawamura
Noriyoshi
N
Ozawa
Hiroshi
H
Shimazu
Motohiko
M
Izumiyama
Hitoshi
H
Matsumoto
Kiyoshi
K
D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011699:Putamen / Q000473:pathology