Pituitary abscess: an unexpected diagnosis.
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.
Shuster
Anatoly
A
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hamilton General Hospital, 908 Mohawk Road East, Unit 205, Hamilton, ON, Canada. tshuster2000@yahoo.com
Gunnarsson
Thorsteinn
T
Sommer
Doron
D
Miller
Elka
E
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology*