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Pituitary Microadenoma Presenting as Panic Attacks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

James Allen Wilcox
James Allen Wilcox*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 4800 Alberta Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79905–1298, USA
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Abstract

A woman with pituitary microadenoma presented with panic attacks. This case illustrates the need both for routine medical screening of psychiatric patients and for psychiatrists to remain aware of the clinical features of medical syndromes.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 3 , March 1991 , pp. 426 - 427
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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