The Department of Endocrinology, 
Pituitary tuberculoma with subsequent drug-resistant tuberculous lymphadenopathy: an uncommon presentation of a common disease.
- Christian Medical College and Hospital Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
BMJ case reports Vol. 2017
PMID 28183710 DOI 10.1136/bcr-2016-218330
Cite This Article
Geethu Antony, Riddhi Dasgupta, Geetha Chacko, Nihal Thomas. Pituitary tuberculoma with subsequent drug-resistant tuberculous lymphadenopathy: an uncommon presentation of a common disease. BMJ case reports. 2017;2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-218330
Abstract
We report a case of pituitary tuberculosis which presented as a non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma, and subsequently developed multidrug-resistant tuberculous lymphadenopathy. Pituitary tuberculosis continues to be a rare presentation of tuberculosis, but incidence and prevalence are expected to grow with increasing numbers of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Isolated pituitary tuberculosis is rare. Tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis in evaluation of a sellar mass.
Keywords
- Adult
- Antitubercular Agents
- Diagnosis
- Differential
- Female
- Headache
- Humans
- Lymphadenopathy
- Pituitary Diseases
- Tuberculoma
- Tuberculosis
- Multidrug-Resistant
- Vision Disorders
