Granulomatous hypophysitis mimicking pituitary adenoma.
Granulomatous inflammation of the pituitary gland is a rare disease that mimics non-functioning pituitary adenoma. Its incidence is high in middle aged and elderly women. Two such cases of histopathologically confirmed granulomatous hypophysitis are reported which presented with clinical and radiological impression of pituitary adenoma.
Iqbal
Muhammad Ashraf
MA
Department of Histopathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi.
Jamal
Shahid
S
Luqman
Muhammad
M
Mamoon
Nadira
N
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery