title: [Lymphocytic hypophysitis and hypothalamitis-case report].
abstract: Lymphocytic hypophysitis is an unusual disorder that nearly exclusively affects women. We present a case of 69 year-old female patient who developed the symptoms of diabetes insipidus and partial insufficiency of the anterior pituitary gland. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a mass involving the sella and suprasellar region. After exclusion of other causes of infiltrate in this region and due to evident reaction to glucocorticoid treatment the diagnosis of lymphocytic hypophisitis and hypothalamitis was established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Karol Marcinkowski of Medical Science, Poznan. edosk2@amp.edu.pl
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stelmachowska
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bolko
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waśko
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kosiński
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Towpik
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sowiński
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000209:etiology*; D008214:Lymphocytes; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D010902:Pituitary Gland; D012658:Sella Turcica