LYMPHOCYTIC HYPOPHYSITIS

Authors
JABRE A ROSALES R REED JE SPATZ EL
Citation
A. Jabre et al., LYMPHOCYTIC HYPOPHYSITIS, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 63(5), 1997, pp. 672-673
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223050
Volume
63
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
672 - 673
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3050(1997)63:5<672:LH>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A male patient with lymphocytic hypophysitis is reported on. Lymphocyt ic hypophysitis is a rare disease that may mimic pituitary adenoma and occurs mostly in women in the peripartum period. Only six other cases have been reported in men. Optimal treatment is unclear from the lite rature, as the results have been inconsistent and the reported cases f ew. The patient described here was successfully treated by means of tr ansphenoidal surgery and a one year course of treatment with cortisone acetate.