title: Sellar-suprasellar tuberculomas in children: 2 cases and literature review.
abstract: Sellar and suprasellar tuberculomas are rare. Patients with these lesions usually experience headache, vomiting, and hypofunction of pituitary gland; imaging reveals an enhancing sellar-suprasellar mass. We report 2 rare cases of sellar-suprasellar tuberculomas in children aged 8 and 6 years. One child presented with features of headache and vomiting, and the other presented with posterior pituitary dysfunction. In both cases, imaging revealed sellar-suprasellar masses. Both cases were multidrug-resistant tuberculomas. We discuss sellar-suprasellar tuberculomas, a rare form of neurotuberculosis in the background of an overall increase in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, especially in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sheri-Kashmir-Institute of Medical Sciences, Kashmir. nayilkhursh@gmail.com
authors.forename: Khursheed
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nayil
authors.forename: Sarbjit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Rumana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Makhdoomi
authors.forename: Altaf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramzan
authors.forename: Abrar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wani
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology*; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents