title: Pituitary abscess: an unexpected diagnosis.
abstract: The pituitary gland can demonstrate a variety of pathologies with different clinical presentations. Amongst them, pituitary abscess is a rare infectious disease for which contrast-enhanced MRI aids the diagnostic pathway. We present a 16-year-old girl with imaging and surgical findings consistent with primary pituitary abscess.
authors: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hamilton General Hospital, 908 Mohawk Road East, Unit 205, Hamilton, ON, Canada. tshuster2000@yahoo.com
authors: Anatoly
authors: A
authors: Shuster
authors: Thorsteinn
authors: T
authors: Gunnarsson
authors: Doron
authors: D
authors: Sommer
authors: Elka
authors: E
authors: Miller
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology*