title: Lymphocytic adenohypophysitis: report of two cases.
abstract: Two women with lymphocytic adenohypophysitis not related to pregnancy are reported on. In obtaining a differential diagnosis of lymphocytic adenohypophysitis preoperatively, it is useful to note swelling of the anterior hypophyseal tissue and the existence of a posterior pituitary lobe on sagittal sections of magnetic resonance imaging scans. Hypofunction of the anterior hypophyseal gland is more severe in lymphocytic adenohypophysitis than in pituitary adenomas. Marked adhesion of fibrotic pituitary capsule to the dura is a characteristic observation during surgery for lymphocytic adenohypophysitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ushio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuratsu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamashiro
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000503:physiopathology; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010901:Pituitary Function Tests; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed