Lymphocytic hypophysitis in a 43-year-old woman.

Autor: Steup-Beekman GM; Department of Internal Medicine, Bronovo Hospital, Hague, The Netherlands., Zweers EJ
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Netherlands journal of medicine [Neth J Med] 1998 Aug; Vol. 53 (2), pp. 76-9.
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2977(98)00055-2
Abstrakt: A woman with sarcoidosis and primary hypothyroidism presented with partial hypopituitarism without pituitary gland enlargement. A clinical diagnosis of lymphocytic hypophysitis was established after exclusion of other possibilities, since a definitive diagnosis can only be made after histological studies. This rare form of chronic inflammation and destruction of the anterior pituitary gland is discussed.
Databáze: MEDLINE