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Prolactinoma presenting with intermittent third nerve palsy
The British Journal of Ophthalmology
|September 1, 1986
Abstract:
A patient presented with a painful third nerve palsy. This resolved spontaneously, but recurred several months later. At his second presentation carotid angiography gave normal results, but a high resolution CT scan showed a tumour in the right parasellar region. The serum prolactin was raised at over 22,000 millimicrons/, showing this to be a prolactinoma.
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