Value of petrosal sinus sampling: coexisting acromegaly, empty sella and meningioma.
Simultaneous occurrence of an intracranial meningioma and a growth hormone (GH)-producing pituitary adenoma is exceedingly rare, as is coexistence of an empty sella and acromegaly. We report all these rare entities in the same patient. We evaluated the role of inferior petrosal sinus sampling for lateralisation of an adenoma in this patient.
Yarman
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Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine , Medical Faculty of Istanbul University, 34390, Istanbul, Turkey. syarman@istanbul.edu.tr
Minareci
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D000172:Acromegaly / Q000097:blood*; D000328:Adult; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000097:blood*; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000097:blood*; D017591:Petrosal Sinus Sampling; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
D019382:Human Growth Hormone