Lymphocytic adenohypohysitis
Lymphocytic adenohypohysitis and lymphocytic infundibulo neurohypophysitis are rare autoimmune mediated diseases of the anterior and posterior pituitary, respectively.
In the majority of patients, Hypophysitis can be reliably identified by characteristic clinical signs and symptoms, obviating histological confirmation. The diagnostic approach should be standardized 1).
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C, Störmann S, Küppers A, Streetz-van der Werf C, Deutschbein T, Stieg M,
Rotermund R, Milian M, Petersenn S; Pituitary Working Group of the German Society
of Endocrinology. Diagnosis of Primary Hypophysitis in Germany. J Clin Endocrinol
Metab. 2015 Oct;100(10):3841-9. doi: 10.1210/jc.2015-2152. Epub 2015 Aug 11.
PubMed PMID: 26262437.