An unusual association of acromegaly and pituitary tuberculosis

Pituitary. 2004;7(2):103-6. doi: 10.1007/s11102-005-5352-2.

Abstract

A young woman with acromegaly and disseminated tuberculosis involving pituitary is reported. She presented with classical features of acromegaly and was found to have retrocrural and retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy. Such association is quite rare.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acromegaly / complications*
  • Acromegaly / diagnosis
  • Acromegaly / pathology
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Granuloma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pituitary Diseases / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis / complications*
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis / pathology