A rare cause of hypophysitis: tuberculosis
Objectives. Hypophysitis is a heterogeneous inflammatory disease of pituitary gland. As it causes headache and visual defects, it mimics sellar tumors in clinical and radiological aspects. It may occur due to primary or secondary causes. Tuberculosis is one of the rare secondary causes of the hypoph...
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| author | Ates Ihsan Katipoglu B. Copur B. Yilmaz N. |
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| description | Objectives. Hypophysitis is a heterogeneous inflammatory disease of pituitary gland. As it causes headache and visual defects, it mimics sellar tumors in clinical and radiological aspects. It may occur due to primary or secondary causes. Tuberculosis is one of the rare secondary causes of the hypophysitis. Subject and Results. A 30-year-old male patient presented with fatigue and headache. Panhypopituitarism was considered due to the results and the diagnostic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed sagittal section diamater of pituitary gland higher than normal. Biopsy of the pituitary gland was concordant with the granulomatous hypophysitis. Other possible diagnosis was excluded. Conclusion. The tubercular hypophysitis, as a result of performed tests, is discussed hereby, in the case report. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d53a8ee9471046db8b2a9cad44b0bb3f2022-12-21T21:20:52ZengSciendoEndocrine Regulations1336-03292017-10-0151421321510.1515/enr-2017-0022enr-2017-0022A rare cause of hypophysitis: tuberculosisAtes Ihsan0Katipoglu B.1Copur B.2Yilmaz N.3Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara, TurkeyNumune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyNumune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyNumune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyObjectives. Hypophysitis is a heterogeneous inflammatory disease of pituitary gland. As it causes headache and visual defects, it mimics sellar tumors in clinical and radiological aspects. It may occur due to primary or secondary causes. Tuberculosis is one of the rare secondary causes of the hypophysitis. Subject and Results. A 30-year-old male patient presented with fatigue and headache. Panhypopituitarism was considered due to the results and the diagnostic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed sagittal section diamater of pituitary gland higher than normal. Biopsy of the pituitary gland was concordant with the granulomatous hypophysitis. Other possible diagnosis was excluded. Conclusion. The tubercular hypophysitis, as a result of performed tests, is discussed hereby, in the case report.https://doi.org/10.1515/enr-2017-0022hypopituitarismhypophysitistuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Ates Ihsan Katipoglu B. Copur B. Yilmaz N. A rare cause of hypophysitis: tuberculosis Endocrine Regulations hypopituitarism hypophysitis tuberculosis |
| title | A rare cause of hypophysitis: tuberculosis |
| title_full | A rare cause of hypophysitis: tuberculosis |
| title_fullStr | A rare cause of hypophysitis: tuberculosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A rare cause of hypophysitis: tuberculosis |
| title_short | A rare cause of hypophysitis: tuberculosis |
| title_sort | rare cause of hypophysitis tuberculosis |
| topic | hypopituitarism hypophysitis tuberculosis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/enr-2017-0022 |
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