Chronic Atypical Depression as an Early Feature of Pituitary Adenoma: A Case Report and Literature Review.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Cardoso, Filipa; Azizi, Heela; Kilpatrick, Alexander; Olayinka, Olaniyi; Khan, Tasmia; Kahn, Alexa; Canale, Cecilia; Ojimba, Chiedozie; Popoola, Olusegun; Nuthalapati, Deepa; Ahmad, Maleeha; Iskander, Mirna; Chohan, Ali; Parisi, Sara; Umesi, Ulunma; Kalbouneh, Hashem; Bhattacharya, Arka; Kodjo, Kodjovi; Jegede, Oluwole; Jolayemi, Ayodeji
- Source
- Case Reports in Psychiatry. 7/21/2019, p1-10. 10p.
- Subject
- *AFRICAN Americans
*EARLY diagnosis
*PITUITARY diseases
*MENTAL depression
*ADENOMA
ETIOLOGY of mental depression
- Language
- ISSN
- 2090-682X
Pituitary adenomas are often diagnosed as incidental findings on brain imaging. We present the case of a 52-year-old African American female patient with long standing depressed mood prior to the incidental finding of a pituitary adenoma. We explore the possibility of certain mood symptoms prompting an early diagnosis of pituitary adenoma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]