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Unexpected concomitant pituitary adenoma and suprasellar meningioma: a case report and review of the literature

Friso de Vriesa Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Daniel J. Lobattob Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2523-8707View further author information
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Amir H. Zamanipoor Najafabadib Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2400-2070View further author information
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Maarten C. Kleijwegtc Department of Otolaryngology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4477-1080View further author information
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Pages 677-681 | Received 05 Nov 2018, Accepted 03 Dec 2018, Published online: 17 Jun 2019

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Figure 1. MRI’s made during follow-up. I: First MRI (2014) revealing a suprasellar hyperdense and an infrasellar hypodense lesion and a nasal tumour. II: At follow up (2015) the difference in density is less clear. III Directly preoperative MRI (2016) showing an isodense lesion.

Figure 1. MRI’s made during follow-up. I: First MRI (2014) revealing a suprasellar hyperdense and an infrasellar hypodense lesion and a nasal tumour. II: At follow up (2015) the difference in density is less clear. III Directly preoperative MRI (2016) showing an isodense lesion.

Figure 2. Histological examination reveals a meningioma (A) with positive staining for Epithelial Membrane Antigen (B), a pituitary adenoma (C), and a glomangiopericytoma (D) with positive staining for SMA (E).

Figure 2. Histological examination reveals a meningioma (A) with positive staining for Epithelial Membrane Antigen (B), a pituitary adenoma (C), and a glomangiopericytoma (D) with positive staining for SMA (E).
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