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ArticleCureus2024

Intrasellar Tuberculosis Presenting as Pituitary Apoplexy: A Case Report.

Shankar Ayyappan Kutty, Naemieh Mohammad Kamel Aljasem, Anagha Shankar, Sagar Shahane

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Shankar Ayyappan KuttyNeurosciences, NMC Specialty Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Naemieh Mohammad Kamel AljasemDepartment of Pathology, NMC Royal Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Anagha ShankarAnatomical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, ITA.
Sagar ShahaneDepartment of Neurosurgery, NMC Royal Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients presenting with acute onset of headache and ophthalmoplegia are clinically diagnosed as having a pituitary adenoma with apoplexy. Rarely, other diseases can mimic this condition clinically and radiologically, requiring a high index of suspicion to reach the correct diagnosis. We present a case of a 37-year-old male of Indian origin, who had intra- and supra-sellar tuberculosis (TB), presenting with classical clinical features of pituitary apoplexy and constitutional symptoms. Following surgery, he was started on anti-tuberculous therapy, and his condition improved over the next few months. Intrasellar tuberculoma should be considered among the differential diagnoses, especially in persons coming from areas endemic for TB, and in immunocompromised patients.

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adenomaapoplexyatypical sellar lesionpituitary glandsellar masssellar-parasellar lesionsellar tumortuberculosis

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PMID39781162
PMCPMC11708872

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