Pituitary abscess: clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of 66 cases from a large pituitary center over 23 years.

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Abstract

Pituitary abscess (PA) is rare and commonly described in case reports or small case series. This study aimed to better determine salient clinical manifestations related to the diagnosis and appropriate treatment of PA using by far the largest case series of this disease.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Pituitary

Title: Pituitary

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN (Electronic): 1573-7403

ISSN (Print): 1386-341X

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2017

Volume: 20

Issue: 2

Affiliations

[1 ] Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Shuaifuyuan, Beijing, 100730, China.

[2 ] China Pituitary Disease Registry Center, Chinese Pituitary Adenoma Cooperative Group, Beijing, 100730, China.

[3 ] Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Shuaifuyuan, Beijing, 100730, China. xingbingemail@aliyun.com.

[4 ] China Pituitary Disease Registry Center, Chinese Pituitary Adenoma Cooperative Group, Beijing, 100730, China. xingbingemail@aliyun.com.

Article

Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s11102-016-0757-7

DOI: 10.1007/s11102-016-0757-7

PubMed ID: 27696121

SO-VID: e7e1bce4-ed8f-4515-80e2-805d4a7936b2

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Keywords: Diagnosis,Transsphenoidal surgery,Pituitary abscess,Treatment

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Keywords: Diagnosis, Transsphenoidal surgery, Pituitary abscess, Treatment

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