An unusual case of a pituitary fossa aspergilloma in an immunocompetent patient mimicking infiltrative tumour

Sellar aspergillosis is a rare infection commonly mistaken for a pituitary tumour. We present a rare case of pituitary fossa Aspergillus fumigatus mycetoma in an immunocompetent 90-year-old female, who presented with headaches. Magnetic resonance imaging scans demonstrated an enhancing pituitary fos...

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Autores principales: Ahmadzai, Hasib, Raley, Darryl Alan, Masters, Lynette, Davies, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3635217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24964429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjt018

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3635217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24964429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjt018

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