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CASE REPORT
Pituitary tuberculoma with subsequent drug-resistant tuberculous lymphadenopathy: an uncommon presentation of a common disease
  1. Geethu Antony1,
  2. Riddhi Dasgupta2,
  3. Geetha Chacko1,
  4. Nihal Thomas2
  1. 1Christian Medical College and Hospital Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
  2. 2Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Riddhi Dasgupta, riddhi_dg{at}rediffmail.com

Summary

We report a case of pituitary tuberculosis which presented as a non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma, and subsequently developed multidrug-resistant tuberculous lymphadenopathy. Pituitary tuberculosis continues to be a rare presentation of tuberculosis, but incidence and prevalence are expected to grow with increasing numbers of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Isolated pituitary tuberculosis is rare. Tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis in evaluation of a sellar mass.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-218330

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    • Contributors All authors have contributed equally to the manuscript. RDG performed data analysis, manuscript drafting and final revision. GA contributed to study design, data analysis, manuscript draft and final revision. GC performed data analysis and final revision. NT performed data analysis and final revision.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.