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100			_aLiniker, E.
240			_aBMJ Case Reports
245			_aTemporary bilateral oculomotor nerve palsy as the sole presenting sign of a pituitary mass
260			_c2009
500			_aNMUH Staff Publications
520			_a<span style="font-size: 10pt;">A 65-year-old patient presented with isolated bilateral third nerve palsy. Neuroimaging demonstrated a 2 cm pituitary mass with extension into the cavernous sinus on the right. The patient went on to experience spontaneous complete resolution of symptoms with associated radiological shrinkage of the mass. Bilateral third nerve palsy is a very rare presenting sign, with only one previous case reported in the literature secondary to a pituitary adenoma. Spontaneous resolution of non-functioning pituitary tumours is reported to occur in approximately 10% of cases. However, there are only a small number of reports to date involving spontaneous regression of tumours with corresponding resolution of cranial nerve palsies.</span>
700			_aHyatt, P.
856			_uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22110556
856			_uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3029654/
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