Document 1120
 DOCN  M9591120
 TI    Candidal pituitary abscess: case report.
 DT    9509
 AU    Heary RF; Maniker AH; Wolansky LJ; Section of Neurological Surgery,
       University of Medicine and; Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical
       School, Newark, USA.
 SO    Neurosurgery. 1995 May;36(5):1009-12; discussion 1012-3. Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/95312176
 AB    We report a case of a culture-proven intrasellar Candida albicans
       abscess. A 36-year-old woman presented with a history of headaches,
       menstrual irregularities, and mild symptoms of diabetes insipidus. She
       was neurologically intact at the time of a transsphenoidal surgery for a
       presumed pituitary adenoma. An extensive work-up revealed that although
       the patient was seronegative for human immunodeficiency virus, she was
       immunocompromised with a T-cell dysfunction. Fungal abscesses of the
       pituitary gland have rarely been reported. This is the first documented
       case of a patient who is seronegative for human immunodeficiency virus
       who becomes infected by an ordinarily innocuous fungus, Candida
       albicans.
 DE    Abscess/DIAGNOSIS/*SURGERY  Adult  Candidiasis/DIAGNOSIS/*SURGERY  Case
       Report  Female  Human  HIV Seronegativity  Immunocompromised Host
       Magnetic Resonance Imaging  Pituitary Diseases/DIAGNOSIS/*SURGERY
       Postoperative Period  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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