title: Sellar tuberculoma: report of two cases.
abstract: Hypophyseal tuberculomas are exceptionally rare. We report two patients with sellar tuberculoma but with no evidence of concurrent extrasellar disease. Although the lesion is often mistaken for adenoma, there are characteristic radiological features: intense enhancement on contrast CT and thickening of the pituitary stalk on MRI in 86% of cases. Accurate diagnosis is important because pituitary tuberculoma is curable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, U.K.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ashkan
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Casey
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jarvis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*