Pituitary abscess

A 28-year-old Caucasian woman presented with a 12 month history of secondary amenorrhoea, polyuria and polydipsia with fatigue and weight loss. Investigations revealed panhypopituitarism, diabetes insipidus, an intrasellar mass and papilloedema, thought to be due to benign intracranial hypertension....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical neuroscience 1999-07, Vol.6 (4), p.351-353
Hauptverfasser:	Hon, Christine S, Knuckey, Neville, Robbins, Peter, Pullan, Peter T
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis Biological and medical sciences diabetes insipidus Human bacterial diseases hypopituitarism Infectious diseases Medical sciences pituitary abscess
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Zusammenfassung:	A 28-year-old Caucasian woman presented with a 12 month history of secondary amenorrhoea, polyuria and polydipsia with fatigue and weight loss. Investigations revealed panhypopituitarism, diabetes insipidus, an intrasellar mass and papilloedema, thought to be due to benign intracranial hypertension. She was treated conservatively. However, a repeat magnetic resonance image showed enlargement of the pituitary mass with compression of the optic nerves. The pituitary abscess was drained by a transsphenoidal approach. Postoperatively the patient received antibiotics with no recurrence of the pituitary abscess.
ISSN:	0967-5868 1532-2653
DOI:	10.1016/S0967-5868(99)90065-6