title: [Isolated hypophyseal tuberculoma: often mistaken].
abstract: Hypophyseal tuberculoma is extremely rare and difficult to diagnose without a clearly suggestive context. Its radiologic features are not specific and are better recognized on MRI with a mass of a variable signal related to the percentage of caseous necrosis. A frequently associated thickening of the pituitary stalk suggests tuberculosis, requiring the search for another tuberculosis location. This paper reports an original case of hypophyseal tuberculoma since it occurred with no other tubercular infection, which delayed the diagnosis despite thickening of the pituitary stalk on MRI.
authors.affiliation: Service d'imagerie médicale, CHU de Monastir, Tunisie. krmranda@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salem
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Khochtali
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jellali
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zrig
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maatouk
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jazerli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kriaa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Affi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hafsa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kacem
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Golli
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult