Open AccessCerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhoea in Pituitary Tumours
Author(s) -
Ian Cole,
Malcolm Keene
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of the royal society of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1758-1095
pISSN - 0141-0768
DOI - 10.1177/014107688007300407
Subject(s) - medicine , pituitary adenoma , pituitary neoplasm , cerebrospinal fluid , radiation therapy , prolactin , pituitary tumors , pituitary gland , surgery , adenoma , pathology , hormone
Three cases of CSF rhinorrhoea due to pituitary tumours are reported and the literature reviewed. The treatment of choice appears to be trans-sphenoidal exploration of the pituitary fossa with insertion of a free muscle graft followed by radiotherapy. The probability of the tumour being a prolactin-secreting adenoma is discussed.
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