title: Pituitary abscess associated with prolactinoma.
abstract: We present a 37-year-old female, who was admitted with a long standing history of menstrual abnormalities and galactorrhoea followed by progressive visual loss. X-ray of the skull showed an enlarged sella with destruction of the floor. CT scan of the head revealed a giant pituitary adenoma with sellar and parasellar extension. At surgery, through a transsphenoidal approach, solid tissue and cystic areas containing pus from which Escherichia coli was cultured were encountered. She had an uneventful postoperative recovery. At 2 years follow up, she was doing well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India. akmahapatra_22000@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Awadhesh Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology