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Zachary W Bloomer1,2, Treyce S Knee1,2, Zachary S Rubin3
1Endocrinology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
BMJ Case Reports
|December 1, 2021
Abstract:
A pituitary abscess is a rare intrasellar infection. Correct identification can be challenging preoperatively given its non-specific symptoms and imaging findings. We report a case of a young woman presenting with secondary amenorrhea, visual field deficits and a 2.6 cm pituitary lesion diagnosed to be a craniopharyngioma. A concomitant unexpected pituitary abscess was diagnosed intraoperatively without associated meningeal symptoms.
