Absence of posterior pituitary bright spot in adults with CNS tuberculosis: A case-control study.
<h4>Introduction</h4>Current diagnostic methods used in Central Nervous System Tuberculosis (CNS TB) are limited by the paucibacillary nature of this form of tuberculosis. Posterior pituitary bright spot (PPBS) refers to an area of T1 hyperintensity in the posterior pituitary in MR imagi...
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| author | Smitesh G G Pavithra Mannam Vignesh Kumar Tina George Murugabharathy K Turaka Vijay Prakash Bijesh Yadav Thambu David Sudarsanam |
| author_facet | Smitesh G G Pavithra Mannam Vignesh Kumar Tina George Murugabharathy K Turaka Vijay Prakash Bijesh Yadav Thambu David Sudarsanam |
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| description | <h4>Introduction</h4>Current diagnostic methods used in Central Nervous System Tuberculosis (CNS TB) are limited by the paucibacillary nature of this form of tuberculosis. Posterior pituitary bright spot (PPBS) refers to an area of T1 hyperintensity in the posterior pituitary in MR imaging of the brain. It is found in 80-90% of healthy children and adults. In children with CNS TB, nearly half have absence of PPBS. This finding has not been described in adults. Our study looked for absence of PPBS in MR imaging and its association with CNS tuberculosis.<h4>Objective</h4>To study prevalence of the absence of PPBS in patients with CNS tuberculosis when compared to a control group of normal patients.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a retrospective case-control study of 100 patients with CNS tuberculosis and 200 controls (matched in 1:2 ratio) of patients with normal MRI brain. The MRI images were presented to a blinded radiologist in a randomised sequence to report for absence of PPBS. The data was subsequently analysed to look for association of absence of PPBS with CNS tuberculosis.<h4>Results</h4>Absence of PPBS (cases (47%), controls (8.5%)) was significantly associated with CNS tuberculosis in (Odds ratio-7.90, 95%CI 4.04-15.44, P-value<0.0001). The specificity, sensitivity, positive predictive value and positive likelihood ratio are 91.5%, 47%, 73.4% and 5.53 respectively. Adding of absence of PPBS as an additional radiological feature in diagnosis of CNS TB increased the sensitivity from 77% to 84%.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Absence of PPBS is significantly associated with CNS tuberculosis and could be a relatively simple diagnostic aid in the diagnosis of CNS tuberculosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-12054a74a8fe47278c4f3d6cfaca76002022-12-22T04:06:16ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-011710e027546010.1371/journal.pone.0275460Absence of posterior pituitary bright spot in adults with CNS tuberculosis: A case-control study.Smitesh G GPavithra MannamVignesh KumarTina GeorgeMurugabharathy KTuraka Vijay PrakashBijesh YadavThambu David Sudarsanam<h4>Introduction</h4>Current diagnostic methods used in Central Nervous System Tuberculosis (CNS TB) are limited by the paucibacillary nature of this form of tuberculosis. Posterior pituitary bright spot (PPBS) refers to an area of T1 hyperintensity in the posterior pituitary in MR imaging of the brain. It is found in 80-90% of healthy children and adults. In children with CNS TB, nearly half have absence of PPBS. This finding has not been described in adults. Our study looked for absence of PPBS in MR imaging and its association with CNS tuberculosis.<h4>Objective</h4>To study prevalence of the absence of PPBS in patients with CNS tuberculosis when compared to a control group of normal patients.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a retrospective case-control study of 100 patients with CNS tuberculosis and 200 controls (matched in 1:2 ratio) of patients with normal MRI brain. The MRI images were presented to a blinded radiologist in a randomised sequence to report for absence of PPBS. The data was subsequently analysed to look for association of absence of PPBS with CNS tuberculosis.<h4>Results</h4>Absence of PPBS (cases (47%), controls (8.5%)) was significantly associated with CNS tuberculosis in (Odds ratio-7.90, 95%CI 4.04-15.44, P-value<0.0001). The specificity, sensitivity, positive predictive value and positive likelihood ratio are 91.5%, 47%, 73.4% and 5.53 respectively. Adding of absence of PPBS as an additional radiological feature in diagnosis of CNS TB increased the sensitivity from 77% to 84%.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Absence of PPBS is significantly associated with CNS tuberculosis and could be a relatively simple diagnostic aid in the diagnosis of CNS tuberculosis.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275460 |
| spellingShingle | Smitesh G G Pavithra Mannam Vignesh Kumar Tina George Murugabharathy K Turaka Vijay Prakash Bijesh Yadav Thambu David Sudarsanam Absence of posterior pituitary bright spot in adults with CNS tuberculosis: A case-control study. PLoS ONE |
| title | Absence of posterior pituitary bright spot in adults with CNS tuberculosis: A case-control study. |
| title_full | Absence of posterior pituitary bright spot in adults with CNS tuberculosis: A case-control study. |
| title_fullStr | Absence of posterior pituitary bright spot in adults with CNS tuberculosis: A case-control study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Absence of posterior pituitary bright spot in adults with CNS tuberculosis: A case-control study. |
| title_short | Absence of posterior pituitary bright spot in adults with CNS tuberculosis: A case-control study. |
| title_sort | absence of posterior pituitary bright spot in adults with cns tuberculosis a case control study |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275460 |
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