Granulomatous hypophysitis: presentation and MRI appearance.
Granulomatous hypophysitis (GrHy) is a relatively rare inflammatory disease compared with lymphocytic hypophysitis. Only a few cases with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings have been reported to date. We describe the MRI findings for two patients with GrHy with unusual histories and clinical outcomes.
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Department of Radiology, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey. drercument@yahoo.com
Puyan
Fulya Oz
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Bilgi
Selcuk
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Kemal Hamamcioglu
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D000328:Adult; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D020306:Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology