Spontaneous rupture of a secondary pituitary abscess causing acute meningoencephalitis: Case report and literature review.

CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, it is rare to find PA showing a rapid evolution like this, and in the literature only one previous case of a PA not reaching medical or surgical therapy was reported. In that case, hypothalamus involvement was identified as the cause of death. This should be the first case reported of a spontaneous PA rupture causing acute meningoencephalitis. Along with a short review of the literature on the major features of PA, we also tried to identify some features which could be supportive of a diagnosis of secondary PA.
PMID: 28868189 [PubMed]

Source: Surgical Neurology International - September 6, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research