Prolactinoma invasion of superior ophthalmic vein: CT and MR findings

E A Angyal; H J Lee; L J Wolansky; M R Koenigsberger; D Nathanson; A E Zimmer

doi:10.1097/00004728-199311000-00020

Prolactinoma invasion of superior ophthalmic vein: CT and MR findings

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1993 Nov-Dec;17(6):964-6. doi: 10.1097/00004728-199311000-00020.

Authors

E A Angyal¹, H J Lee, L J Wolansky, M R Koenigsberger, D Nathanson, A E Zimmer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, UMDNJ University Hospital, Newark 07103-2425.

PMID: 8227585
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199311000-00020

Abstract

We report a case in a 6-year-old boy of orbital invasion by prolactinoma in which the cavernous sinus was involved with direct spread into the superior ophthalmic vein, as seen with CT and MRI.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cavernous Sinus
Child
Eye / blood supply*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Pituitary Neoplasms / pathology
Prolactinoma / diagnosis*
Prolactinoma / diagnostic imaging
Prolactinoma / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Veins