TY - JOUR AU - Lundberg , P. O. AU - Muhr , C. AU - Bergström , K. AU - Bergström , M. AU - Deuschl , H. AU - Enoksson , P. AU - Hagelquist , E. AU - Thuomas , K.-A. AU - Wide , L. PY - 1987/03/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Transsphenoidal Therapeutic Puncture of a Cystic Pituitary Adenoma JF - Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences JA - ujms VL - 92 IS - 1 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.3109/03009738709178678 UR - https://ujms.net/index.php/ujms/article/view/6896 SP - 59-64 AB - Transsphenoidal diagnostic puncture of skull base tumours has been a routine procedure in Uppsala for a decade. Bromocriptine is the treatment of choice for patients with prolactin secreting pitutiary adenomas. Here we report on a patient with a pituitary adenoma who instead developed an increase in tumour size after bromocriptine treatment. Magnetic resonance imaging showed the tumor to be cystic. A transsphenoidal puncture was used therapeutically instead of surgery with excellent result. ER -