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Intrasellar Cysticercosis Presenting as a Pituitary Tumor: Successful Transsphenoidal Cystectomy with Preservation of Pituitary Function
Peterman R. Prosser
Peterman R. Prosser
Metabolic Research Unit and the Departments of Medicine and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143
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Charles B. Wilson
Charles B. Wilson
Metabolic Research Unit and the Departments of Medicine and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143
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Peter H. Forsham
Peter H. Forsham
Metabolic Research Unit and the Departments of Medicine and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143
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A 42-year-old woman from El Salvador presented with arthralgias and headache. She was found to have an enlarged sella with an intrasellar mass. Transsphenoidal exploration of the sella revealed a cysticercus. The cyst was removed and normal pituitary function was retained. Review of the literature showed three previously reported confirmed or suspected cases of intrasellar cysticercosis: in two, the diagnosis was made at autopsy; in the third, a patient with hypopituitarism, intrasellar cysticercosis was suspected in life but never confirmed histologically. Transsphenoidal cystectomy successfully treated our patient without compromise of pituitary function and is recommended for similar cases.
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