Pituitary lymphoma presenting as fever of unknown origin.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
; 86(4): 1470-6, 2001 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-11297569
ABSTRACT
An 86-yr-old woman presented with fever of unknown origin. When laboratory evaluation revealed partial hypopituitarism, a magnetic resonance imaging scan of the head was performed and revealed a sellar mass consistent with a pituitary adenoma. Only after other possible etiologies for fever were excluded did she undergo transsphenoidal resection of the sellar mass, which proved to be a B-cell lymphoma. Primary central nervous system lymphoma of the pituitary region is a rare cause of a sellar mass, and this is the first reported case of pituitary lymphoma whose presenting manifestation was fever of unknown origin. Several disease processes can manifest themselves as fever and a sellar mass, including lymphomas. In our case, only surgical biopsy could make a diagnosis and distinguish this process from the more common pituitary adenoma.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Hipofisárias
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Febre de Causa Desconhecida
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Linfoma
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos