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Simultaneous occurrence of an intracranial meningioma and a growth hormone (GH)-producing pituitary adenoma is exceedingly rare, as is coexistence of an empty sella and acromegaly. We report all these rare entities in the same patient. We evaluated the role of inferior petrosal sinus sampling for lateralisation of an adenoma in this patient.
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Yarman, S., Minareci, Ö. Value of petrosal sinus sampling: coexisting acromegaly, empty sella and meningioma. Neuroradiology 46, 1027–1030 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-003-0993-1
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