Hyperprolactinemia in a patient with a pituitary and an ovarian dermoid tumor: case report

Neurosurgery. 1990 Feb;26(2):335-9. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199002000-00027.

Abstract

A patient with galactorrhea, amenorrhea, and hyperprolactinemia caused by a dermoid tumor of the pituitary gland is presented. The patient had a prior history of an ovarian dermoid tumor. The pathology of dermoid tumors is discussed along with the management of pituitary tumor-associated hyperprolactinemia. This is the first reported case of an intracranial and an ovarian dermoid tumor occurring in the same patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Dermoid Cyst / complications*
  • Dermoid Cyst / pathology
  • Dermoid Cyst / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperprolactinemia / etiology*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / complications*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / complications*
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / surgery