Lymphocytic hypophysitis: a rare cause of hyperprolactinaemia.
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.
McDonald
M A
MA
Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
Brophy
B P
BP
Raymond
W
W
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006966:Hyperprolactinemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000209:etiology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology