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ea0032p255 | Clinical case reports – Pituitary/Adrenal | ECE2013

Congenital trans-sphenoidal meningocele: an uncommon cause of pituitary insufficiency

Belhimer Faiza , Bey Abderrahim , Chentli Farida

Introduction: Congenital trans-sphenoidal meningocele (TM) is a rare clinical entity. It can be traumatic, congenital or from tumour origin. It results from a defect in the sphenoid bone ontogenesis. In its classical form, the TM is revealed in adults, frequently in women in the fourth or fifth decade by rhinorrhea or cerebrospinal fluid leak through a bony defect in the sphenoid floor. Our aim is to report a case of large TM without rhinorrhea, and as a part of midline abnorm...