title: Suprasellar tubercular abscess presenting as panhypopituitarism: a common lesion in an uncommon site with a brief review of literature.
abstract: Following widespread use of imaging, detection rate of abnormal sites of parenchymal neuro-tuberculosis is on a rise. A handful of cases of tuberculomas/abscesses in hypothalamo-pituitary region have been reported and most of them are diagnosed on surgical histopathology. We describe a patient of suprasellar tubercular abscess, who presented with visual disturbances, diabetes insipidus with panhypopituitarism and on histopathology had granulomas and positive acid fast bacilli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, and Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education Research, Chandigarh, India 160012.
authors.forename: Pinaki
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhansali
authors.forename: Paramjeet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Mohammad Hayat
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bhat
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents