title: Intrasellar tuberculoma--a difficult diagnosis.
abstract: Tuberculosis is an exceptional cause of intrasellar mass lesion and diagnosis is usually established after histological examination following surgery. We report a 32-year-old woman with headache and amenorrhea, analytical features of hypopituitarism and an intrasellar mass lesion in radiological studies. A transsphenoidal approach was performed and tissue examination revealed pituitary tuberculoma. Additionally, we review the previously reported cases.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Endocrinology, Complexo Hospitalario Xeral-Cíes, Vigo, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Páramo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de la Fuente
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nodar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miramontes
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Quintela
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: García-Mayor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology*; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents