Lymphocytic infundibuloneurohypophysitis presenting as diabetes insipidus in a man.
We report a patient with diabetes insipidus, whose sella magnetic resonance imaging revealed a normal hypophysis with a focal nodular thickening of the infundibulum and lack of hyper-intense signal of the normal neurohypophysis. The histopathologic examination of the lesion showed a lymphoplasmacytic, predominantly lymphocytic, infiltration. A diagnosis of lymphocytic infundibuloneurohypophysitis was made, by the exclusion of other infiltrative, granulomatous diseases.
Kamel
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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Ankara University, Medical School, Turkey.
Ilgin
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Corapçioğlu
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Deda
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Güllü
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D000328:Adult; D018951:Antigens, CD20 / Q000032:analysis; D001111:Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus; D001769:Blood; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000209:etiology*; D004231:Diuresis; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology; D011141:Polyuria; D014556:Urine
D018951:Antigens, CD20; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens