Pan African Medical Journal
Journal / Pan African Medical Journal / Vol. 33 No. 1 (2019) / Articles

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Published:

Jun 24, 2019

Keywords:

Prolactinoma;chordoma; hypopituitarism

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Vol. 33 No. 1 (2019)

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Articles

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Mounira El Euch

Internal Medicine Department « A », University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia,

Olfa Hentati

Internal Medicine Department « A », University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

Madiha Mahfoudhi

Internal Medicine Department « A », University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia;Research Laboratory of Kidney Diseases (LR00SP01), Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

Wifak Ban

Internal Medicine Department « A », University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

Fatima Jaziri

Internal Medicine Department « A », University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

Khaoula Ben Abdelghani

Internal Medicine Department « A », University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

Sami Turki

Internal Medicine Department « A », University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

Taieb Ben Abdallah

Internal Medicine Department « A », University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

Abstract

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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