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A 25 Age - year Age - old Age female Sex patient had noticed left Detailed_description - sided Detailed_description visual Disease_disorder loss Disease_disorder and amenorrhea Disease_disorder 2 Date years Date prior Date to being seen Clinical_event , with right Detailed_description hemiparesis Disease_disorder developing 6 Date months Date beforehand Date .
Aggravated Severity symptoms Sign_symptom ( drooping Sign_symptom at corner Biological_structure of Biological_structure right Biological_structure lip Biological_structure and bilateral Detailed_description temporal Detailed_description hemianopia Disease_disorder ) finally prompted hospitalization Clinical_event .
At that time, a massive Severity ( >5 Distance cm Distance ) tumor Sign_symptom of intra- and Biological_structure suprasellar Biological_structure location Biological_structure , excluding Detailed_description mesencephalon Detailed_description backward Detailed_description , was seen on computerized Diagnostic_procedure tomography Diagnostic_procedure ( CT Diagnostic_procedure ) of the head Biological_structure (Fig.1a).
Further testing revealed an exceedingly Lab_value high Lab_value - serum Biological_structure level of prolactin Diagnostic_procedure ( PRL Diagnostic_procedure ) ( 4408 Lab_value ng/ml Lab_value ), whereas levels of all other Diagnostic_procedure pituitary Diagnostic_procedure hormones Diagnostic_procedure were within Lab_value reference Lab_value ranges Lab_value (growth Diagnostic_procedure hormone Diagnostic_procedure ( GH Diagnostic_procedure ), 0.50 Lab_value ng/ml Lab_value ; luteinizing Diagnostic_procedure hormone Diagnostic_procedure ( LH Diagnostic_procedure ), 2.60 Lab_value mIU/ml Lab_value ; follicle Diagnostic_procedure - stimulating Diagnostic_procedure hormone Diagnostic_procedure ( FSH Diagnostic_procedure ), 4.57 Lab_value mIU/ml Lab_value ; adrenocorticotropic Diagnostic_procedure hormone Diagnostic_procedure ( ACTH Diagnostic_procedure ), 37.4 Lab_value pg/ml Lab_value ; thyroid Diagnostic_procedure - stimulating Diagnostic_procedure hormone Diagnostic_procedure ( TSH Diagnostic_procedure ), 2.68 Lab_value μIU/ml Lab_value ).
T1 Detailed_description - weighted Detailed_description magnetic Diagnostic_procedure resonance Diagnostic_procedure ( MR Diagnostic_procedure ) imaging with contrast Detailed_description ( gadolinium Detailed_description ) showed homogeneous Detailed_description tumor Sign_symptom enhancement Detailed_description , but adjacent Biological_structure tissue Biological_structure was not edematous Sign_symptom in T2 Diagnostic_procedure - weighted Diagnostic_procedure views Diagnostic_procedure .
The mass Sign_symptom did not regress Sign_symptom , despite a 4 Duration - week Duration course of the dopamine Medication analog Medication , cabergoline Medication ( 1 Dosage mg/week Dosage ), and serum Biological_structure PRL Diagnostic_procedure level ( 2207 Lab_value ng/ml Lab_value ) remained elevated Lab_value .
Relative to status at admission, the right Biological_structure lateral Biological_structure ventricle Biological_structure also had enlarged Sign_symptom somewhat Severity , due to obstruction Sign_symptom at foramen Biological_structure of Biological_structure Monro Biological_structure (Fig.1b).
In light of this intransigence, surgical Detailed_description debulking Therapeutic_procedure of tumor was elected first, through craniotomy Therapeutic_procedure and then via transsphenoidal Therapeutic_procedure approach Therapeutic_procedure .
The hardened Texture elastic Texture quality of the tumor Sign_symptom and its strong Severity attachments Sign_symptom to neighboring Biological_structure structures Biological_structure prevented complete Therapeutic_procedure removal Therapeutic_procedure , but related mass Sign_symptom effect Sign_symptom was significantly reduced and serum Biological_structure PRL Diagnostic_procedure level declined Lab_value (to 250 Lab_value ng/ml Lab_value ) in steps at each procedural stage.
But the normalization Lab_value of PRL Diagnostic_procedure level had not been achieved with the administration of cabergoline Medication increased up to 0.5 Dosage mg/day Dosage .
The residual tumor showed no evidence of regrowth Sign_symptom or distant Detailed_description metastasis Sign_symptom 1 Date year Date after Date surgery.
Histopathologically Diagnostic_procedure , hematoxylin Diagnostic_procedure and Diagnostic_procedure eosin Diagnostic_procedure (H&E)-stained sections of specimens Biological_structure from the first and second surgical procedures similarly were composed of polygonal Detailed_description and spindle Sign_symptom cells Sign_symptom with round Shape , oval Shape , or elongated Shape nuclei Diagnostic_procedure and eosinophilic Lab_value cytoplasm Diagnostic_procedure (Fig.2a–c).
The cells Coreference formed irregular Detailed_description nests Detailed_description or short Detailed_description fascicles Detailed_description , accompanied by frequent Detailed_description hyaline Detailed_description changes Detailed_description in Detailed_description vessel Detailed_description walls Detailed_description and Detailed_description vacuolation Detailed_description (Fig.2d).
Some nuclear Sign_symptom pleomorphism Sign_symptom was prominent; on the other hand, neither a high Sign_symptom mitotic Sign_symptom rate Sign_symptom nor necrosis Sign_symptom was evident (Fig.2b, c).
Conspicuous fibrous Sign_symptom change Sign_symptom of tumor Biological_structure stroma Biological_structure was noted focally as well (Fig.3a).
The chromophobic Lab_value nature of tumor Biological_structure cells Biological_structure was confirmed by Pearse’s Diagnostic_procedure Periodic Diagnostic_procedure Acid Diagnostic_procedure Schiff Diagnostic_procedure ( PAS Diagnostic_procedure ) stain (Fig.3b).
Immunostains Diagnostic_procedure showed strong diffuse positivity Lab_value for PRL Diagnostic_procedure (Fig.3c), chromogranin Diagnostic_procedure - A Diagnostic_procedure , and synaptophysin Diagnostic_procedure .
No Lab_value other Diagnostic_procedure hormones Diagnostic_procedure ( GH Diagnostic_procedure , TSH Diagnostic_procedure , ACTH Diagnostic_procedure , LH Diagnostic_procedure , FSH Diagnostic_procedure ) were expressed by tumor cells, and the other Diagnostic_procedure markers Diagnostic_procedure , including S-100 protein Diagnostic_procedure (Fig.3d), glial Diagnostic_procedure fibrillary Diagnostic_procedure acidic Diagnostic_procedure protein Diagnostic_procedure ( GFAP Diagnostic_procedure ), epithelial Diagnostic_procedure membrane Diagnostic_procedure antigen Diagnostic_procedure ( EMA Diagnostic_procedure ), cytokeratin Diagnostic_procedure AE1/AE3 Diagnostic_procedure ( CK Diagnostic_procedure AE1/AE3 Diagnostic_procedure ), vimentin Diagnostic_procedure , p53 Diagnostic_procedure , and bcl-2, were also negative Lab_value by immunostaining.
Ki-67 labeling Diagnostic_procedure index Diagnostic_procedure was approximately 2 Lab_value % Lab_value .
A final diagnosis of PRL Detailed_description - producing Detailed_description pituitary Disease_disorder adenoma Disease_disorder was reached after considering the immunohistochemical profile, suprasellar location, and prolactin production of the tumor, as well as the absence of metastatic foci and invasion into surrounding tissue.