title: [Case report: Isolated pituitary sarcoidosis: MRI findings].
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease with an unknown etiology. Symptomatic central nervous system involvement occurs in 5% of cases. MRI shows a wide range of central nervous abnormalities including hypothalamic-pituitary infiltrating lesions, cerebral parenchymal masses, leptomeningeal lesions, and focal white-matter lesions. The patients with sarcoidosis may rarely present with sellar masses. A case of isolated pituitary sarcoidosis was presented in this report with pre-treatment and post-treatment MRI pictures.
authors.affiliation: Sişli Etfal Eğitim ve Araştirma Hastanesi, Radyoloji Kliniği, Istanbul.
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cakirer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000473:pathology*