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Suprasellar tuberculoma causing endocrinologic disorders and imitating craniopharyngioma
S Altunbasak1, V Baytok, E Alhan
1Department of Neurology, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Pediatric Neurosurgery
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
A patient is reported with a suprasellar tuberculoma which imitated a craniopharyngioma on computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. This lesion developed during irregularly used antituberculous therapy and caused endocrinologic disorders 3 years after the original diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. Surgery was performed to confirm the diagnosis and also to decompress the optic pathways. Five months later, the lesion disappeared completely after appropriate antituberculous treatment.