--- a +++ b/processing/MACCROBAT/25926582.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +A 35-year-old woman presented to the ear, nose and throat outpatient department with headache and a blocked left-sided nasal canal with epistaxis for 2 years. +Medical history revealed secondary amenorrhoea for the past 19 years with regression of secondary sexual characteristics with no galactorrhoea. +Physical and ophthalmological examinations were within normal limits. +Nasal examination revealed a left-sided choanal mass. +As the mass was bleeding on palpation, imaging was advised prior to performing a biopsy. +MRI of the head showed a sellar and infra-sellar mass extending into the nasopharynx (figure 1). +The patient was then referred to the endocrinologist for further hormonal investigation. +Her serum prolactin was very high—7443 µg/L (N<20). +Other pituitary hormones were within normal limits. +A final diagnosis of giant prolactinoma was made and the patient was prescribed cabergoline 0.25 mg twice per week with the associated risks explained in advance.