Pituitary abscess. A case report and review of the literature.
The pituitary abscess is a rare pathology which presents an high mortality and morbidity. The diagnosis of pituitary abscess has to be excluded in case of tumoral hypophyseal syndrome; a correct diagnosis leads to an early treatment and to a decreasing of the mortality and morbidity. Antibiotics have to be associated to neurosurgical treatment in order to reduce the pre- and post- operative infectious complications. A case of pituitary abscess is reported: the preoperative diagnosis has been based on the clinical symptoms (visual field defect and meningeal syndrome) and on the neuroradiological images (CT, MRI).
Martines
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Divisione di Neurochirurgia, Ospedale San Camillo, Rome, Italy.
Scarano
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Chiappetta
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Gigli
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D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*