Journal article
Hypophysitis Due to Paranasal Sinusitis: Neurosurgical Perspective from Developing World
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Sinusitis is a common clinical condition, but sphenoid sinusitis is a less common form and even rarer is hypophysitis as a complication of the latter. Clinically, hypophysitis may mimic a pituitary neoplasm in presenting with mass effect and pituitary hormone dysfunction.
CASE DESCRIPTION: We present 5 cases of sinusitis-related hypophysitis treated at the Royal Care International Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. Clinical symptoms at …
Authors
El Malik EFB; Manoranjan B; Ajani O; Zidan A
Journal
World Neurosurgery, Vol. 115, , pp. 162–165
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2018
DOI
10.1016/j.wneu.2018.04.068
ISSN
1878-8750