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Dopamine Agonist-Induced Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhoea: A Case Report Cover

Dopamine Agonist-Induced Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhoea: A Case Report

Open Access
|Jan 2021

Abstract

Introduction

Prolactinomas are the most common pituitary adenomas. Medical therapy with dopamine agonists (DAs) is the mainstay of treatment and rarely requires surgical manipulation. Patients may rarely present with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea after starting therapy with DA in case of massive or invasive prolactinomas.

Case Description

We present a case of a 29-year-old lady with invasive prolactinoma who presented with CSF rhinorrhoea after a month of starting bromocriptine therapy with the development of meningitis and warranting early surgical repair.

Practical Implications

Patients with macroprolactinoma should be closely monitored initially after starting on DA to avoid life-threatening complications.

Language: English
Page range: 1 - 6
Submitted on: Dec 9, 2020
Accepted on: Dec 31, 2020
Published on: Jan 11, 2021
Published by: Shakuat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2021 Hira Irfan, Ahmed Imran Siddiqi, Umal Azmat, Waqas Shafiq, Irfan Yousaf, Muhammad Atif Naveed, published by Shakuat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre
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