Turkish Neurosurgery 2000 , Vol 10 , Num 1-2
PITUITARY TUBERCULOMA
Osman ACAR, Önder GÜNEY, Yalçın KOCAOĞULLAR
Selçuk University of Medicine,Departments of Neurosurgery, Konya, Turkey We report a rare case of pituitary tuberculoma. Surgery was performed via the pterional approach, and the lesion was totally excised. Based on the histopathological diagnosis, the patient underwent 9 months of triple-drug antituberculosis treatment with isoniazid, ethambutol and rifampin. Keywords : Pituitary neoplasm, pituitary pathology, tuberculoma
Corresponding author : Osman Acar