A Case of the Bacterial Meningitis Due to Pituitary Tumor

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 6(2); 1988 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1988;6(2): 295-299.

세균성 뇌막염을 동반한 뇌하수체 종양

김승민, 박수철,김기환

연세대학교 신경과

A Case of the Bacterial Meningitis Due to Pituitary Tumor

Seung-Min Kim,M.D., Soo-Chul Park,M.D., Ki-Whan Kim,M.D.

Department of Neurology, college of Medicine, Yonsei University

Abstract

We present a case of bacterial menir gitis with spontaneous cerebrospinal rhinorrhea due to bony erosion by pituitary tumor. Brain CT and RI cisternography revealed direct bony erosion of both medial walls of sphenoid sinus which were considered as a portal of entry of bacterial meningitis. He was free from his symptoms by antimicrobial treatment and sugical repair.

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