A Medical Rarity: Isolated Toxoplasma gondii Abscess in the Pituitary Gland of an Immunocompetent Patient
The occurrence of sellar toxoplasmosis in the pituitary gland is exceedingly rare, and only a few reports have been published in the literature, primarily impacting immunocompromised patients. We report an intriguing case of a 54-year-old man with an initial asymptomatic panhypopituitarism diagnosed...
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| description | The occurrence of sellar toxoplasmosis in the pituitary gland is exceedingly rare, and only a few reports have been published in the literature, primarily impacting immunocompromised patients. We report an intriguing case of a 54-year-old man with an initial asymptomatic panhypopituitarism diagnosed under investigation for urolithiasis. Cranial CT and MRI revealed a large sellar lesion first suspectable of a nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma. An endonasal transsphenoidal surgery was performed, and the histopathological diagnosis was surprisingly a pituitary Toxoplasma gondii abscess. This case highlights that these types of infections can also occur in immunocompetent patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e55f8d7aaea44f269541512213d9ef452025-08-20T03:09:08ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66332025-01-01202510.1155/crdi/9943637A Medical Rarity: Isolated Toxoplasma gondii Abscess in the Pituitary Gland of an Immunocompetent PatientErlend Moen Taule0Hrvoje Miletic1Rupavathana Mahesparan2Department of BiomedicineDepartment of BiomedicineDepartment of Clinical MedicineThe occurrence of sellar toxoplasmosis in the pituitary gland is exceedingly rare, and only a few reports have been published in the literature, primarily impacting immunocompromised patients. We report an intriguing case of a 54-year-old man with an initial asymptomatic panhypopituitarism diagnosed under investigation for urolithiasis. Cranial CT and MRI revealed a large sellar lesion first suspectable of a nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma. An endonasal transsphenoidal surgery was performed, and the histopathological diagnosis was surprisingly a pituitary Toxoplasma gondii abscess. This case highlights that these types of infections can also occur in immunocompetent patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/crdi/9943637 |
| spellingShingle | Erlend Moen Taule Hrvoje Miletic Rupavathana Mahesparan A Medical Rarity: Isolated Toxoplasma gondii Abscess in the Pituitary Gland of an Immunocompetent Patient Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | A Medical Rarity: Isolated Toxoplasma gondii Abscess in the Pituitary Gland of an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_full | A Medical Rarity: Isolated Toxoplasma gondii Abscess in the Pituitary Gland of an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_fullStr | A Medical Rarity: Isolated Toxoplasma gondii Abscess in the Pituitary Gland of an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Medical Rarity: Isolated Toxoplasma gondii Abscess in the Pituitary Gland of an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_short | A Medical Rarity: Isolated Toxoplasma gondii Abscess in the Pituitary Gland of an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_sort | medical rarity isolated toxoplasma gondii abscess in the pituitary gland of an immunocompetent patient |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/crdi/9943637 |
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