hypophysitis
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Hypophysitis refers to an inflammation of the pituitary gland. Hypophysitis is rare and not fully understood.
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1,932 papers- Hypophysitis.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2022
- Hypophysitis, the Growing Spectrum of a Rare Pituitary Disease.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2022
- Hypophysitis: A comprehensive overview.Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) · 2021
- IgG4-related hypophysitis.Endocrine · 2021
- Hypophysitis (Including IgG4 and Immunotherapy).Neuroendocrinology · 2020
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Hypophysitis refers to an inflammation of the pituitary gland. Hypophysitis is rare and not fully understood.
== Signs and symptoms == There are four categories of symptoms and signs. Most commonly, the initial symptoms are headaches and visual disturbances. Some symptoms are derived from the lesser functioning of the adenohypophyseal hormones. Of the adenohypophyseal hormones, the most frequently affected are corticotropes, lactotropes and gonadotropes, all which are found in the anterior pituitary. Polyuria is also a common symptom – which results in very dilute urine, as well as polydipsia which means having extreme thirst. Another symptom is hyperprolactinemia, which is when there are abnormally high prolactin levels in the blood. Usually, a mass will be found located on the sella turcica and loss of hormonal function.