The Pan African Medical Journal (Jun 2019)

Extensive sphenoid chordoma mimicking a prolactinoma

  • Mounira El Euch,
  • Olfa Hentati,
  • Madiha Mahfoudhi,
  • Wifak Bani,
  • Fethi Ben Hamida,
  • Fatima Jaziri,
  • Khaoula Ben Abdelghani,
  • Sami Turki,
  • Taieb Ben Abdallah

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.138.12897
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33, no. 138

Abstract

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The chordoma is a benign cartilaginous tumor whose sphenoidale localization is exceptional. This tumor has considerable difficulties of both diagnosis and treatment. We report the observation of a Tunisian adult who presented features of hypopituitarism set wrongly on account of a prolactinoma.

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