An atypical cause of trigeminal neuralgia and panhypopituitarism

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العنوان: An atypical cause of trigeminal neuralgia and panhypopituitarism
المؤلفون: A Toft, Ian C. Coulter, S Garrioch
بيانات النشر: The British Institute of Radiology., 2010.
سنة النشر: 2010
مصطلحات موضوعية: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Case of the Month, Optic chiasm, Hypopituitarism, Infundibulum, Diagnosis, Differential, Trigeminal neuralgia, Facial Pain, medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Trigeminal nerve, Third ventricle, business.industry, General Medicine, Anatomy, Foramen ovale (skull), Middle Aged, Trigeminal Neuralgia, medicine.disease, Surgery, medicine.anatomical_structure, Coronal plane, Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse, Differential diagnosis, Hypothalamic Neoplasms, business
الوصف: A 63-year-old man presented to the hospital accident and emergency department with an episode of syncope. He also gave a history describing several weeks of left-sided facial pain, which was initially thought to be secondary to a tooth abscess. On systemic enquiry the patient also reported having intermittent episodes of night sweats and mild anorexia, but he was otherwise well. Physical examination revealed the patient to have significant postural hypotension, allodynia affecting all three divisions of the trigeminal nerve and a palpable liver edge. Laboratory biochemistry investigations revealed profound panhypopituitarism. An MRI with gadolinium contrast of the brain subsequently revealed a hypothalamic mass sitting posterior to the optic chiasm and wrapping around the floor of the third ventricle with extension into the infundibulum. A second mass was also observed within Meckel's cave extending towards the foramen ovale. The masses appeared radiologically similar but anatomically separate (Figures 1 and ​and22). Figure 1 Coronal T1 weighted MRI of the brain (a) pre- and (b) post-gadolinium contrast enhancement. The white arrows highlight the two distinct enhancing masses. There is a 15×12 mm hypothalamic mass that wraps around the floor of the third ventricle. ... Figure 2 Sagital T2 weighted MRI scan with a white arrow highlighting the hypothalamic mass lesion, which exhibits some extension into the infundibulum. The panhypopituitarism that resulted led to a clinical presentation of Addison's disease. What is the differential diagnosis? What further investigations are indicated?
اللغة: English
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::029b961b039ed821980d059af9227c16
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3473613/
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