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An Unusual Association of Acromegaly and Pituitary Tuberculosis

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A young woman with acromegaly and disseminated tuberculosis involving pituitary is reported. She presented with classical features of acromegaly and was found to have retrocrural and retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy. Such association is quite rare.

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  1. Department of Endocrinology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012, Chandigarh, India

    Sanjay Bhadada, Anil Bhansali (Dr.), Somashekara Reddy-KS & Pinaki Dutta

  2. Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012, Chandigarh, India

    Uma Nahar

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012, Chandigarh, India

    Ashish Pathak

  4. Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012, Chandigarh, India

    Niranjan Khandelwal

  5. Department of Endocrinology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012, Chandigarh, India

    Anil Bhansali (Dr.)

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Bhadada, S., Bhansali, A., Nahar, U. et al. An Unusual Association of Acromegaly and Pituitary Tuberculosis. Pituitary 7, 103–106 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11102-005-5352-2

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