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Acute aseptic meningitis as the initial presentation of a macroprolactinoma.

par Boscolo, Marina ;Balériaux, Danielle ;Bakoto, Nathalie;Corvilain, Bernard ;Devuyst, France
Référence BMC research notes, 7, 1, page (9)
Publication Publié, 2014

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Meningitis is an uncommon complication of an untreated pituitary macroadenoma. Meningitis may occur in patients with macroadenomas who have undergone transsphenoidal surgery and radiotherapy and is usually associated with rhinorrhea. Less commonly, cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea has been reported as a complication of treatment of prolactinomas by dopamine agonists. Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea in cases of untreated pituitary macroadenoma is reported only in isolated cases. Acute bacterial meningitis without rhinorrhea in patients with an untreated pituitary macroadenoma is an exceptional finding with only three previously reported cases.