| Hypopituitarism Caused by Neurocysticercosis. | |
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PMID: 21289508 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Although neurocysticercosis is pleomorphic in its presentation, neurocysticercosis of the pituitary gland and hypothalamus is so uncommon that less than 10 cases have been reported in the literature. Hypopituitarism as a complication of neurocysticercosis is exceedingly rare with only 2 cases described in the literature. Herein, the authors describe a case of neurocysticercosis causing hypopituitarism in a young patient and mimicking a pituitary adenoma. Clinical experience with management of these cases is lacking, and there are no studies confirming the efficacy of cysticidal drugs in intrasellar or suprasellar cysts. Because most of single enhancing cystic lesions may disappear spontaneously and risk may outweigh the benefit of treatment, conservative management may be indicated in these cases. |
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Theodoros Kelesidis; Sotirios Tsiodras |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-2-1 |
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Title: The American journal of the medical sciences Volume: - ISSN: 1538-2990 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-2-3 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370506 Medline TA: Am J Med Sci Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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From the Division of Infectious Diseases (kt), Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California; and Fourth Department of Internal Medicine (ts), Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece. |
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