title: Pituitary tuberculosis.
abstract: Tuberculous involvement of pituitary is extremely rare and is usually not suspected while dealing with pituitary adenomas, even in patients with history of systemic tuberculosis. We report a case of pituitary tuberculoma in a patient who was undergoing treatment for prostatic tuberculosis. Although diagnosis of sellar tuberculomas is difficult on clinical and radiological examinations, pituitary tuberculomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of suprasellar masses, especially in developing countries as the condition is potentially curable with antituberculous treatment.
authors: Department of Endocrinology, Seth GS Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel Mumbai 12, Maharashtra, India.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Sunil
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Menon
authors: Naina
authors: N
authors: Goel
authors: Darshana
authors: D
authors: Sanghvi
authors: Tushar
authors: T
authors: Bandgar
authors: Shashank R
authors: SR
authors: Joshi
authors: Padma
authors: P
authors: Menon
authors: Nalini
authors: N
authors: Shah
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Goel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D011467:Prostate / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000382:microbiology*; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014389:Tuberculosis, Male Genital / Q000175:diagnosis