Magnetic resonance image detection of coincidental sphenoid sinus aspergillosis and pituitary microadenoma: a potential surgical disaster.
While localizing the microadenoma in a patient with Cushing's disease on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fungal granuloma of the sphenoid sinus was coincidentally detected. This helped in the proper management of sphenoidal disease before undergoing trans-sphenoidal removal of the microadenoma, thus averting the possible catastrophe of direct intracranial spread of aspergillus infection.
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Department of Radiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000382:microbiology*; D015524:Sphenoid Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology