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An uncommon cause of recurrent pyogenic meningitis: pituitary abscess.

Rama Walia1, Anil Bhansali, Pinaki Dutta, G Shanmugasundar, Kanchan Kumar Mukherjee, Vimal Upreti, Ashim Das.   

Abstract

The authors report a 36-year-old male who presented with headache and hypopituitarism, and MRI revealed a ring enhancing lesion with pituitary stalk thickening. During follow-up, he presented with recurrent pyogenic meningitis with persistence of the lesion, therefore a diagnosis of pituitary abscess was considered. He underwent trans-sphenoidal surgery (TSS) with evacuation of pus and received antibiotic treatment for the same. After this he remarkably improved and had no recurrence of symptoms. He is on levothyroxine, glucocorticoids and testosterone replacement therapy for his respective hormone deficits.

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Year:  2010        PMID: 22767626      PMCID: PMC3030136          DOI: 10.1136/bcr.06.2009.1945

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  BMJ Case Rep        ISSN: 1757-790X


  10 in total

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