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Factitious Disorder Presenting As Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report, Jeremy Jacobs, Juliana Guarente, Julie Karp, Brenda Grossman, Alyssa Ziman, Andrea Mcgonigle, Thomas Binns, Tappy Gish, James Gorham, Yara Park, Ingrid Perez-Alvarez, James Burner, Zhen Mei, Dawn Ward, Jennifer Woo, Garrett Booth, Brian Adkins, Christopher Webb, Chisa Yamada, Grace Lee, Elizabeth Abels, Marisa Marques, Elizabeth Allen, Ross Fasano, Elizabeth Crowe, Aaron Tobian, Christopher Tormey, Evan Bloch

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers

No abstract provided.

Pituitary Adenoma Presenting As Cranial Nerve Iii Palsy And Hemifacial Pain, Yoona Choe, Justin George, Matthew Boyle, Peter Maduka

Rowan-Virtua Research Day

Pituitary adenomas are common neoplasms arising from the pituitary adenohypophyseal cell. They can be classified by cell type, size and as nonfunctioning or functioning based on the secretion of pituitary hormones. Of these, approximately 48% are macroadenomas (>10 mm) and approximately 53% are prolactinomas. For how common these adenomas are, only 1 of 1100 persons manifest clinical symptoms¹ rendering detection and clinical management challenging.

Non-functioning adenomas are slow growing like most pituitary adenomas and are usually detected due to their mass effect on neighboring structures.² The majority of the reported symptoms as a results of these mass …