Multifocal fibrosclerosis: a new case report
Autor: | A W Patrick, K A Lockman, A J Bathgate, A J Sommerfield |
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Rok vydání: | 2008 |
Předmět: |
Male
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Sclerosis Pituitary disease medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Biopsy Clinical Biochemistry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Fibrosis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Primary sclerosing cholangitis medicine.anatomical_structure Anterior pituitary Multifocal fibrosclerosis medicine Humans Vasopressin deficiency business Pathological |
Zdroj: | Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: International Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 45:99-101 |
ISSN: | 1758-1001 0004-5632 |
Popis: | We describe the case of a gentleman who initially presented with isolated cranial diabetes insipidus and has subsequently developed progressive anterior pituitary failure. In addition, he has been found to have evidence of mesenteric fibrosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. We suggest that his pituitary disease may also be caused by progressive fibrosis and that these separate pathological entities may be linked by the unifying diagnosis of progressive multifocal fibrosclerosis, a rare fibro-inflammatory process involving multiple organ systems. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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