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Secondary Pituitary Abscess: A Rare Complication of Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Adenoma - Description of Two New Cases and Review of the Literature.
Surg Infect (Larchmt)
October 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Istinye University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Pituitary abscess (PA), a rare complication following transsphenoidal (TS) surgery for pituitary adenoma with an incidence of 0.2%, poses a significant risk; carrying potential morbidity, recurrence, and the necessity for reoperation. Timely suspicion, diagnosis, and treatment are imperative.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPituitary Abscess Causing Panhypopituitarism in a Patient With Neurobrucellosis: Case Report.
AACE Clin Case Rep
October 2023
Endocrinology and Metabolism Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico State, Mexico.
Background/objective: Pituitary abscess is an uncommon life-threatening disease that could lead to panhypopituitarism. It is important to suspect its prevalence in regions with endemic infectious diseases.
Case Report: A 55-year-old man, a farmer, with a background of consumption of unpasteurized dairy products, presented with headache, impaired consciousness, and fever that started in February 2023.
Characteristics of inflammatory and infectious diseases of the pituitary gland in patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery.
Pituitary
August 2023
Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany.
Purpose: Inflammatory and infectious diseases of the pituitary gland (IIPD) are rare lesions often misdiagnosed preoperatively. Immediate surgery is indicated especially in cases of neurological impairment. However, (chronic) inflammatory processes can mimic other pituitary tumors, such as adenomas, and data on the preoperative diagnostic criteria for IIPD are sparse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPituitary abscess: a case report and systematic review of 488 cases.
Orphanet J Rare Dis
June 2023
Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
Article Synopsis
- Pituitary abscess (PA) is a rare condition with a mortality rate of 5.1%, and delayed presentation is a key predictor of worse outcomes.
- * The most common symptoms are headache (76.2%) and visual field defects (47.3%), while high T2 and low T1 signals on MRI are typical radiological findings.
- * Despite symptom resolution in many patients, over half (61%) continue to experience endocrine abnormalities, with hypopituitarism being the most prevalent (41.1%).
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