LYMPHOCYTIC HYPOPHYSITIS: A RARE CAUSE OF HYPERPROLACTINAEMIA
- 1 July 1995
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Anz Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 65 (7), 538-539
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1995.tb01802.x
Abstract
Lymphocytic hypophysitis is one of the rare causes of hypopituitarism and intrasellar mass observed almost exclusively in women. A temporal relationship to pregnancy has been identified in many but not all of the 34 reported cases. Intra-operative differentiation from non-secretory macroadenoma is important, as resection of the anterior lobe is unnecessary in these individuals and pituitary function may spontaneously return to normal. The authors present the case of a woman with symptomatic hyperprolactinaemia 10 years after her last pregnancy.Keywords
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