Rare Manifestations of Common Diseases: Middle-Aged Male Polyuria-Headache-Inflammatory Granulomatous Lesions
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摘要: 中年男性以纳差、多尿、多饮、头痛起病,发现鞍区占位性病变伴全垂体功能减退、视野缺损。经鼻蝶鞍区占位活检,病理提示炎症改变伴肉芽肿形成,多次脑脊液及病理组织病原学检查无阳性发现,诊断为自身免疫性垂体炎,给予糖皮质激素联合免疫抑制剂治疗,鞍区病灶有一过性缩小后较前逐步增大。经多学科病例讨论后考虑垂体结核感染可能性大,给予规范抗结核治疗后,病灶较前明显缩小,病情改善。垂体结核感染非常罕见,诊断困难,极易误诊,该病例通过多学科诊疗得到及时有效的诊治,体现了罕见病多学科诊疗的重要意义。Abstract: A middle-aged man was presented with poor appetite, polyuria, polydrpsia, and headache. A sellar mass was found, along with total pituitary hypofunction and visual field defect. A biopsy of the lesion via the trans-sphenoidal approach showed inflammatory changes and granuloma formation. However, repeated cerebrospinal fluid and pathogenic examination of the pathological tissue showed no positive indications. The initial diagnosis considered autoimmune hypophysitis, and treatment of glucocorticoids combined with immunosuppressants was administered, which led to a temporary shrinkage of the lesion, but it gradually enlarged subsequently. After multidisciplinary discussion, a high possibility of pituitary tuberculosis infection was decided upon. After standardized anti-tuberculosis treatment was initiated, the lesion reduced noticeably and the patient′s condition improved. Pituitary tuberculosis infection is incredibly rare and extremely easy to misdiagnose. This case was diagnosed and treated in a timely and effective manner through a multidisciplinary approach, highlighting the importance of such an approach in dealing with rare diseases.
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Key words:
- pituitary tuberculosis /
- sellar mass /
- panhypopituitarism /
- hypophysitis
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