Lymphocytic Hypophysitis: Case Report.
- Author:
Chun Sung CHO
1
;
Bong Jin PARK
;
Young Joon KIM
;
Maeng Ki CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea. hyunsong@dankook.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report ; Original Article
- Keywords:
Lymphocytic hypophysitis;
Central diabetes insipidus;
Neurohypophysis;
Sellar MRI;
Transsphenoidal approach
- MeSH:
Adult;
Diabetes Insipidus;
Diabetes Insipidus, Neurogenic;
Diagnosis;
Female;
Headache;
Humans;
Hypopituitarism;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Pituitary Gland;
Pituitary Gland, Posterior;
Pituitary Neoplasms
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2003;34(1):65-67
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The authors report two cases of lymphocytic hypophsitis: a 38-year-old male patient with headache and diabetes insipidus and in a 64-year-old female patient with headache. Magnetic resonance(MR) image of the patients showed mass-like lesions in the hypophysis as well as loss of high signal on T1-weighted MR images. There was evidence of hypopituitarism. Both patients underwent transsphenoidal approaches for histological diagnosis, which was compatable with lymphocytic hypophysitis. When MR image reveals a characteristic pituitary in the hypophysis lesion with relevant clinical symptoms in a patient, one should include "lymphocytic hypophysitis" as one of the diagnostic possibilities, since the therapeutic options are different from those of pituitary tumors.
