Clinical Presentation and Magnetic Resonance Findings in Sellar Tuberculomas
Joint Authors
Salinas-Lara, Citlaltepetl
Sotelo, Julio
Garcia-Marquez, Arturo
Bonifacio-Delgadillo, Dulce
Montes-Mojarro, Ivonne
Aburto-Murrieta, Yolanda
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-07-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background and Importance.
Sellar tuberculomas are extremely rare lesions with nonspecific clinical manifestations.
The tuberculous infection of the pituitary gland and sellar region is characterized by the presence of an acute or chronic inflammatory reaction and may occur in the absence of systemic tuberculosis.
The diagnosis is difficult prior to the surgery.
An adequate diagnostic and antituberculous drugs usually result in a good outcome.
Clinical Presentation.
We report four cases of sellar tuberculoma, 3/1 female/male, age range: 50–57 years.
All patients had visual disturbances and low levels of cortisol.
Conclusion.
The clinical diagnosis of sellar tuberculoma is a challenge and should be suspected when a sellar lesion shows abnormal enhancement pattern and stalk involvement, and absence of signal suppression in FLAIR.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bonifacio-Delgadillo, Dulce& Aburto-Murrieta, Yolanda& Salinas-Lara, Citlaltepetl& Sotelo, Julio& Montes-Mojarro, Ivonne& Garcia-Marquez, Arturo. 2014. Clinical Presentation and Magnetic Resonance Findings in Sellar Tuberculomas. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bonifacio-Delgadillo, Dulce…[et al.]. Clinical Presentation and Magnetic Resonance Findings in Sellar Tuberculomas. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Bonifacio-Delgadillo, Dulce& Aburto-Murrieta, Yolanda& Salinas-Lara, Citlaltepetl& Sotelo, Julio& Montes-Mojarro, Ivonne& Garcia-Marquez, Arturo. Clinical Presentation and Magnetic Resonance Findings in Sellar Tuberculomas. Case Reports in Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-511729
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-511729