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Arch Intern Med. 2001;161:1010-1011.

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Acromegaly is the clinical syndrome that results from excessive secretion of growth hormone (GH). The most common cause of acromegaly is a somatotroph (GH-secreting) adenoma of the anterior pituitary gland. In rare cases, overproduction of GH-releasing hormone (GHRH) by functional hypothalamic tumors such as hamartomas and gangliocytomas may cause acromegaly by inducing proliferation of GH-secreting pituitary cells.¹ However, to our knowledge, few cases of combined pituitary adenoma and sellar gangliocytoma presenting with acromegaly have been reported.²

We report a rare case of a woman with acromegaly produced by a sellar mixed gangliocytoma-adenoma and the response to treatment 3 years after the surgical approach.

Report of a Case

Findings of a computed tomographic (CT) scan incidentally revealed a pituitary macrotumor in a 39-year-old woman after mild traumatic brain injury. The CT scan showed an intrasellar lesion extending into the suprasellar region. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans demonstrated a pituitary tumor measuring 2.5 x 2 x . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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