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SM Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Giant Cystic Prolactinoma in a Woman: Do not Forget the Hook Effect

[ ISSN : 3067-9486 ]

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Received: 21-May-2015

Accepted: 04-Jun-2015

Published: 08-Jun-2015

René Rodríguez-Gutiérrez*, Maria Azucena Zapata-Rivera, Karla Victoria Rodriguez-Velver, Juan Montes-Villarreal and Jesus Zacarias Villarreal-Perez

Endocrinology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. José E. González” Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, USA

Corresponding Author:

René Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology Division, University Hospital “Dr. José E. González”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México, Tel: +521 811 474 9146; Fax: 5281 8348 3066; Email: renerodriguez@ investigacion-meduanl.com, rodriguezgutierrez.rene@mayo.edu

Abstract

Rodríguez-Gutiérrez R, Zapata-Rivera MA, Rodriguez-Velver KV, Montes-Villarreal J and Villarreal-Perez JZ. OPEN Giant Cystic Prolactinoma in a Woman: Do not Forget the Hook Effect. SM J Endocrinol Metab. 2015;1(1):1001.

Citation

A 43-year old woman was referred to the Endocrinology Clinic for pituitary evaluation after the detection of a suprasellar tumor. She had an unremarkable past medical history, but during interrogation she recalled having absence of menses since 2 years. Three months before she started to have a progressive moderate/severe headache that was accompanied by nausea and occasionally, vomiting.