|
|
|
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2003;34(1): 65-67. |
| Lymphocytic Hypophysitis: Case Report. |
| Chun Sung Cho, Bong Jin Park, Young Joon Kim, Maeng Ki Cho |
| Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea. hyunsong@dankook.ac.kr |
|
|
|
|
|
| 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. |
| Key Words:
Lymphocytic hypophysitis; Central diabetes insipidus; Neurohypophysis; Sellar MRI; Transsphenoidal approach |
|
|
|
Full text via DOI 
Download Citation 
