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World Neurosurgery 2018-Nov

Demonstration of Infectious Transgression Through the Skull Base Occurring 9 Years After Pituitary Adenoma Resection.

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Jingyi Liu
David L Penn
Ethan Katznelson
Mina G Safain
Ian F Dunn
Edward R Laws

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BACKGROUND

Sellar infections represent less than 1% of all sellar lesions and can be life-threatening. These infections occur de novo in up to 70% of patients or can less commonly develop after surgical treatment of another primary lesion, such as a pituitary adenoma.

METHODS

We report a unique case of a 27-year-old woman with a recurrent pituitary adenoma treated with 2 previous transsphenoidal resections. She ultimately presented with hypopituitarism, followed by headaches, malaise, chills, and visual-field and acuity deficits 9 years after her second transsphenoidal resection. During the second operation, the sellar floor was reconstructed with hydroxyapatite bone cement. On the most recent presentation, magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and pituitary demonstrated a residual sellar mass accompanied by significant enhancement and T2 hyperintensity of the infundibulum, hypothalamus, optic chiasm, and optic tracts. The patient was started on empiric antibiotics and steroids before frank purulence in the sella was discovered and removed by transsphenoidal endoscopy. Cultures were positive for methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Propionibacterium acnes. At her 3-month follow-up evaluation, the patient had complete resolution of her symptoms and radiographic findings.

CONCLUSIONS

This case demonstrates the fact that patients with pituitary lesions who have foreign material used for surgical closure can present with infections many years after the initial intervention. Furthermore, with appropriate clinical diagnosis and treatment, the reactive inflammation caused by sellar infection is reversible. We review the literature regarding the risk factors and management strategies for delayed postoperative sellar infections.

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