ArticleAutopsy & case reports2021
Primary pituitary tuberculosis.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pituitary tuberculosis in the pediatric population: a systematic review and case report.Pituitary · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical and radiological insights into secondary hypophysitis: A single-center experience with a focus on tuberculosis.Endocrine · 2025Article
- Primary solitary pituitary stalk abscess: case report and review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
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- A patient with primary intracranial granuloma with difficulty in differential diagnosis: A case report and literature review.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Primary pituitary tuberculoma with a pituitary apoplexy-like presentation.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism case reports · 2024Article
- AVP deficiency (central diabetes insipidus) following immunization with anti-COVID-19 BNT162b2 Comirnaty vaccine in adolescents: A case report.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Cerebral tuberculoma are commonly accompanied by other imaging abnormalities.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Pituitary stalk thickening in patients under 18 years of age - the most common causes and diagnostic procedures.Pediatric endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism · 2022Review
- Pituitary Stalk Thickening: Causes and Consequences. The Children's Memorial Health Institute Experience and Literature Review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Primary pituitary tuberculosis: A rare clinical entity.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest SocietyArticle
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Abstract
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that involves any organ. However, the primary pituitary tuberculosis is an extremely rare disease. Intracranial tuberculomas account for 0.15-5% of intracranial space-occupying lesions, of which, pituitary as the primary site is unusual, and easily misdiagnosed as pituitary adenoma. In this setting, the late diagnosis can result in permanent endocrine dysfunction. We report the case of a 50-year-old woman who presented to the neurosurgery outpatient department with complaints of progressively increasing headache and diminished vision over the last year. On the clinical examination, the patient was conscious and oriented. The routine hematological and biochemical workup showed an increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and increased prolactin levels. The radiological working diagnosis was consistent with pituitary macroadenoma. No other radiological and/or clinical clue that could elicit the suspicion of pulmonary or extrapulmonary lesions of tuberculosis was found. The transsphenoidal endonasal tumor excision was done. The histopathology showed numerous epithelioid cell granulomas, Langhans giant cells along with scant necrosis. Ziehl Neelsen staining demonstrated acid-fast bacilli, and the final diagnosis of pituitary tuberculoma was made. We report this rare case of pituitary lesion that may be included in the differential diagnosis of sellar lesions to avoid unnecessary surgical interventions, especially in regions where the disease is endemic.
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