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----------------------------------------------------------- From: MinnieChat Message 12 in Discussion A few years ago, I met a lady attorney who had all kinds of endocrine issues going on, but the doctors just couldn't seem to nail down what the problem was. She was going to a prominant pituitary center and I suppose after a while, the doctors had written her off as a head case. She had a cyst/tumor in her spenoid sinus (totally unrelated?). She went ahead and made an appt with a sinus specialist at the same center. The visit to the ENT landed her in some other consultations, and on a whim, one of the doctors outside the pit center did a csf pressure test. Her csf was so high, the doctors started taking immedate action, first with drugs. The endos then attributed her elevated csf pressure to the hormone problems, weight gain and emotional swings. She ended being referred to a physician who specializes in elevated csf, and was put on a trial of a different medication. She wanted to avoid a a shunt. Over time, the medication worked beautifully, her csf pressure lowered, and her hormone levels normalized. I talked with her some time ago, and her life has basically returned to normal. In some patients who have non-functioning pituitary tumors, as the tumor grows, the growing tumor puts pressure, called a mass effect on the gland. When this happens, the prolactin levels often increase. The pituitary itself is affected by changes in the csf fluid pressure. Elevated pressure could cause a pseudo "mass effect" on the gland, which can cause elevated prolactin amongst other things. Have hope... Minnie ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/PituitaryChat/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
