SUPRASELLAR TUBERCULOMA CAUSING ENDOCRINOLOGIC DISORDERS AND IMITATING CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA

Authors
ALTUNBASAK S BAYTOK V ALHAN E YUKSEL B AKSARAY N
Citation
S. Altunbasak et al., SUPRASELLAR TUBERCULOMA CAUSING ENDOCRINOLOGIC DISORDERS AND IMITATING CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA, Pediatric neurosurgery, 23(6), 1995, pp. 328-331
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
Pediatric neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10162291
Volume
23
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
328 - 331
Database
ISI
SICI code
1016-2291(1995)23:6<328:STCEDA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A patient is reported with a suprasellar tuberculoma which imitated a craniopharyngioma on cumputed tomography scan and magnetic resonance i maging of the brain. This lesion developed during irregularly used ant ituberculous therapy and caused endocrinologic disorders 3 years after the original diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis, Surgery was perform ed to confirm the diagnosis and also to decompress the optic pathways. Five months later, the lesion disappeared completely after appropriat e antituberculous treatment.