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Sellar-Suprasellar Tuberculomas in Children: 2 Cases and Literature Review
- Source :
- Pediatric Neurology. 44:463-466
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2011.
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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.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pituitary gland
medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis
endocrine system diseases
Antitubercular Agents
Developmental Neuroscience
Posterior pituitary
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
Humans
Medicine
Sella Turcica
Child
business.industry
Follow up studies
medicine.disease
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Sella turcica
Tuberculoma, Intracranial
Neurology
El Niño
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Vomiting
Female
Tuberculoma
Neurology (clinical)
Radiology
medicine.symptom
business
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 08878994
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatric Neurology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a5c8cdf1953f8b9a5216a06b877794b8
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.01.020