title: Ventriculitis from a pituitary prolactinoma: bacterial or chemical?
abstract: We report the case of a 70-year-old man presenting with pituitary apoplexy from a macroprolactinoma and ventriculitis. It was not possible to distinguish a bacterial or chemical origin, on the basis of his clinical presentation, laboratory studies and imaging, highlighting the importance of prompt imaging and attainment of CSF cultures, in making the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Royal Victoria Hospital , Newcastle upon Tyne , UK.
authors.forename: Bodiabaduge A P
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Jayasekera
authors.affiliation: b Department of Neuroradiology , Royal Victoria Hospital , Newcastle upon Tyne , UK.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: c Department of Endocrinology , Freeman Hospital , Newcastle upon Tyne , UK.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Royal Victoria Hospital , Newcastle upon Tyne , UK.
authors.forename: Alistair J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Jenkins
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D058565:Cerebral Ventriculitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000150:complications; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: CSF leak; Pituitary; apoplexy; meningitis; prolactinoma; ventriculitis