科研之友
微信
新浪微博
Facebook
分享链接
摘要
An abscess arising in a craniopharyngioma is rare, but has potentially high mortality and morbidity. Diagnosis is difficult because clinical and neuroradiological characteristics are not clearly defined. We report a patient with a pituitary abscess concomitant with a craniopharyngioma and discuss the pathophysiological mechanism. We discuss the previous five reports and Suggest that abscesses with craniopharyngioma remain challenging clinical entities. We speculate that inflammation is a response to components of the ruptured epithelium of the cyst, thereby providing an explanation of the mechanism of abscess formation.
- 出版日期2009-12
- 单位南方医科大学
