Necrotizing infundibulo-hypophysitis: An entity too rare to be true?

Angelika Gutenberg; Patrizio Caturegli; Imke Metz; Ramon Martinez; Alexander Mohr; Wolfgang Brück; Veit Rohde

doi:10.1007/s11102-011-0307-2

Necrotizing infundibulo-hypophysitis: An entity too rare to be true?

Angelika Gutenberg, Patrizio Caturegli, Imke Metz, Ramon Martinez, Alexander Mohr, Wolfgang Brück, Veit Rohde

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Abstract

We report a young woman with sudden and severe retroorbital headache, neck pain, and a large sellar mass extending to the suprasellar cistern. A presumptive diagnosis of non-secreting pituitary macroadenoma undergoing apoplexy was made and transphenoidal surgery performed. Histopathology revealed mononuclear infiltration and marked non-hemorrhagic necrosis of the anterior pituitary consistent with a diagnosis of necrotizing infundibulohypophysitis. The possible pathogenesis of this rare variant of hypophysitis is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	202-208
Number of pages	7
Journal	Pituitary
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11102-011-0307-2
State	Published - Jun 2012

Keywords

Hypophysitis
Necrosis
Pituitary infarction

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Endocrinology

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