Sellar tuberculoma : Report of two cases

Hypophyseal tuberculomas are exceptionally rare. We report two patients with sellar tuberculoma but with no evidence of concurrent extrasellar disease. Although the lesion is often mistaken for adenoma, there are characteristic radiological features: intense enhancement on contrast CT and thickening...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta neurochirurgica 1997-01, Vol.139 (6), p.523-525
Hauptverfasser:	ASHKAN, K, PAPADOPOULOS, M. C, CASEY, A. T, THOMPSON, D. N, JARVIS, S, POWELL, M, THOMAS, D. G. T
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Medical sciences Pituitary Diseases - diagnostic imaging Pituitary Diseases - pathology Pituitary gland Radiography Sella Turcica - diagnostic imaging Sella Turcica - pathology Tuberculoma - diagnostic imaging Tuberculoma - pathology Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
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Zusammenfassung:	Hypophyseal tuberculomas are exceptionally rare. We report two patients with sellar tuberculoma but with no evidence of concurrent extrasellar disease. Although the lesion is often mistaken for adenoma, there are characteristic radiological features: intense enhancement on contrast CT and thickening of the pituitary stalk on MRI in 86% of cases. Accurate diagnosis is important because pituitary tuberculoma is curable.
ISSN:	0001-6268 0942-0940
DOI:	10.1007/BF02750994