Giant pituitary adenoma
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Giant pituitary adenoma.
To cite: Leão RN, Baptista JT, Ribeiro JV. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013202041 DESCRIPTION A healthy 68-year-old man presented in the emergency room with a sudden episode of headache and vomiting together with disequilibrium and crural paresis. The laboratory evaluation revealed hyponatraemia (Na+115 mEq/L). Head MRI demonstrated a giant 40×...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202041