Granulomatous hypophysitis--an interesting and rare cause mimicking pituitary mass.
Idiopathic granulomatous hypophysitis is a rare entity. The usual clinical presentation is that of an expanding mass lesion with varying degree of hypopituitarism. This patient described presented to us with severe headache along with panhypopituitarism and post-operative diabetes insipidus.
Mehndiratta
M M
MM
Department of Neurology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi-110002, India.
Phul
P
P
Singh
A K
AK
Garg
S
S
Bali
Renu
R
D000328:Adult; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006261:Headache; D006801:Humans; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology