title: [Aspergillosis of the sphenoid sinus: presentation as a pituitary mass].
abstract: A rare manifestation of aspergillosis in the central nervous system is its invasion through the sphenoidal wall into the sella turcica representing itself as a pituitary mass. The symptoms may be headache, visual defect caused by compression of the chiasma, hypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus. In the majority of cases only the postoperative histology leads to the correct diagnosis. A case of invasive aspergillosis was reported here with the clinical picture of a pituitary tumor and without underlying immunodeficiency.
authors.affiliation: II. Belgyógyászati Rehabilitációs Osztály, Uzsoki Kórház, Budapest.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szporni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Czirják
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Góth
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kressinszky
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dohán
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szilágyi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Szabolcs
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology