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A Nonfunctioning Pituitary Macroadenoma Presenting as Cyclical Vomiting and Severe Hyponatremia in a Young Female.

Dinuka S WarapitiyaDimuthu MuthukudaW A H P SanjeewaKushalee Poornima JayawickremeShyama Subasinghe
Published in: Case reports in endocrinology (2021)
There can be multiple overlapping aetiologies for every observed symptom, sign, and abnormal investigation finding. Therefore, aetiological diagnosis is challenging, especially in the presence of an atypical clinical presentation. Cyclical vomiting and severe hyponatremia are atypical presentations of nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas.
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