Open AccessSuppurative meningitis: A life-threatening complication in male macroprolactinomas
Author(s) -
F. Chentli,
Lina Akkache,
Katia Daffeur,
M Haddad,
S. Azzoug
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.119524
Subject(s) - medicine , bromocriptine , prolactinoma , rhinorrhea , meningitis , hydrocephalus , prolactin , pituitary tumors , surgery , complication , pituitary neoplasm , pituitary gland , hormone
Suppurative meningitis (SM) or bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening condition, which is exceptionally due to pituitary tumors (PT). Our aim was to analyze its frequency among male macroprolactinomas (MPRL) deemed to be aggressive, to report the cases we observed in our practice and describe the circumstances under which SM appeared.