Internal and Emergency Medicine

, Volume 3, Issue 3, pp 297–300 | Cite as

Unusual association of a pituitary adenoma and a neurological emergency: case report and diagnostic steps

  • Marina Baldini
  • Lorena Airaghi
  • Alessandra Orsatti
  • Alberto Tedeschi
  • Tiziana Ceraldi
  • Clara Sina
  • Maria Domenica Cappellini
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Keywords

Pituitary Adenoma Cavernous Sinus Cabergoline Hyperprolactinemia Superior Sagittal Sinus 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Marina Baldini
    • 1
  • Lorena Airaghi
    • 2
  • Alessandra Orsatti
    • 3
  • Alberto Tedeschi
    • 4
  • Tiziana Ceraldi
    • 3
  • Clara Sina
    • 5
  • Maria Domenica Cappellini
    • 1
  1. 1.U.O. Medicina Interna 1 AFondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore PoliclinicoMilanItaly
  2. 2.U.O. Medicina Interna 1 BFondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore PoliclinicoMilanItaly
  3. 3.Dipartimento di Medicina InternaUniversità degli Studi di MilanoMilanItaly
  4. 4.U.O. Medicina Interna e IIIFondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore PoliclinicoMilanItaly
  5. 5.U.O. Neuroradiologia Diagnostica e InterventisticaFondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore PoliclinicoMilanItaly

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