title: Sudden death due to lymphoplasmacytic hypophysitis.
abstract: We report the case of a 37-year-old mentally retarded woman who died suddenly with premortem clinical signs of diabetes insipidus. At autopsy, her pituitary was infiltrated and destroyed by a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate, affecting the posterior pituitary more severely than the anterior pituitary. Vitreous electrolytes showed a pattern of hypertonic dehydration, compatible with diabetes insipidus.
authors: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, OH 45267-0529.
authors: K S
authors: KS
authors: Blisard
authors: R R
authors: RR
authors: Pfalzgraf
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Balko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000473:pathology*