Pituitary abscess
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Acta Neurochirurgica
- Vol. 68 (3-4) , 187-193
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01401177
Abstract
All cases of pituitary abscesses (19 patients) reported in the literature since 1970 are reviewed. Based on the data available, it is suggested that a pituitary abscess is not a bacterial infection as commonly assumed. Probably, it represents a normal tissue reaction to an infarction of a pituitary adenoma. The frequent association with negative cultures from the abscesses, previous sterile meningitis and endocrine disturbances, and concurrent rhinorrhoea are well explained in this way.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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