An unusual association of acromegaly and pituitary tuberculosis

Sanjay Bhadada; Anil Bhansali; Uma Nahar; Somashekara Reddy-KS; Ashish Pathak; Pinaki Dutta; Niranjan Khandelwal

doi:10.1007/s11102-005-5352-2

An unusual association of acromegaly and pituitary tuberculosis

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

Authors

Sanjay Bhadada¹, Anil Bhansali, Uma Nahar, Somashekara Reddy-KS, Ashish Pathak, Pinaki Dutta, Niranjan Khandelwal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Endocrinology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012, Chandigarh, India.

PMID: 15761659
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