We report here two cases of pituitary apoplexy or pseudoapoplexy revealing a gonadotroph adenoma. A 69-year-old man, who had just started antiandrogen treatment (Gn-RH agonist) for prostatic cancer, was admitted to neurosurgery emergency because of increasing headache and visual impairment. The CT-scan disclosed the presence of a large pituitary mass with lateral invasion of the left cavernous sinus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe deep crisis affecting professions such as doctor or teacher does not seem to us relating to the present juncture. It originates in the particularity of these professions consisting in three requirements necessarily and closely linked that are universal, collective and singular. The singularity of the human being is under questioning since decades.
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September 1999
Background: We report a case of follicular struma ovarii observed in an ovary teratoma without metastatic dissemination.
Case Report: A right ovarian tumor was discovered at ultrasound examination in a 31-year-old woman complaining of low abdominal pain. The patient underwent laparoscopic exploration and a 4-cm cystic mass of the right ovary was removed.