An Unusual Case of Ectopic Prolactinoma in the Clivus

Calapkulu M., ÖZ GÜL Ö., CANDER S., ERSOY C., ERTÜRK E., HAKYEMEZ B.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM, cilt.23, sa.3, ss.191-194, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.25179/tjem.2019.66224
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.191-194
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Ectopic pituitary adenomas occur mostly in the sphenoid sinus or nasopharynx, and rarely in the clivus. The differential diagnosis for a clival lesion is vast and includes chordoma (40%; being the most common), chondrosarcoma, meningioma, astrocytoma, craniopharyngioma, germ cell tumor, melanoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, metastatic carcinoma, and rarely pituitary adenoma. Most of the adenomas detected in the clivus and those functioning endocrinologically, come out to be prolactinomas. Herein, the authors report a rare case of ectopic prolactinoma in the clivus in a 35-year-old male patient who reported with signs of weight loss, impotence, dizziness, and a clival lesion.