THICKENING OF THE PITUITARY-STALK - A FINDING SUGGESTIVE OF INTRASELLAR TUBERCULOMA - CASE-REPORT

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1995

Authors

PEREIRA, J (Author) Other; VAZ, R (Author) Other; Carvalho, Davide (Author) FMUP; CRUZ, C (Author) Other

Journal

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Title: NEUROSURGERY

Vol. 36

Pages: 1013-1015

ISSN: 0148-396X

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Authenticus ID: P-001-GZF

Abstract (EN): WE DESCRIBE THE case of a patient with an exclusively intrasellar mass, disclosed because of a left sixth nerve palsy and headaches. No other manifestation of disease, namely, endocrinological, was present. The lesion was approached transsphenoidally, and the pathological examination revealed a tuberculoma. Complete removal was achieved, and the patient started postoperative antituberculous therapy. In some circumstances, thickening of the infundibulum and the pituitary stalk could preoperatively suggest the diagnosis of hypophysial tuberculoma.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3