Pituitary abscess in a craniopharyngioma

Abstract

✓ A case is reported of a young man with hypopituitarism but no initial evidence of tumor who had several episodes of recurrent aseptic meningitis. At operation an abscess within a craniopharyngioma was drained and tumor tissue removed. After several postoperative episodes of meningitis the patient recovered. A review of four comparable reports is presented.