Clinical Features, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Treatment Experience of 20 Patients with Lymphocytic Hypophysitis in a Single Center

Lymphocytic hypophysitis (LYH) is a rare autoimmune inflammatory disease of the pituitary gland. In this study, we aim to characterize LYH at presentation and focus on the management and prognosis of LYH. A retrospective study of patients with LYH was conducted between 2011 and 2018 at a single inst...

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Published in:	World neurosurgery Vol. 127; pp. e22 - e29
Main Authors:	Zhu, Qiang, Qian, Ke, Jia, Guijun, Lv, Gang, Wang, Jisheng, Zhong, Liyong, Yu, Shuqing
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2019
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Autoimmune Hypophysitis - complications Autoimmune Hypophysitis - diagnostic imaging Autoimmune Hypophysitis - pathology Autoimmune Hypophysitis - therapy Combined Modality Therapy Diabetes insipidus Diabetes Insipidus - etiology Diagnosis, Differential Diplopia - etiology Female Follow-Up Studies Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use Hemianopsia - etiology Hormone Replacement Therapy Humans Hypophysectomy - methods Lymphocytic hypophysitis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Methylprednisolone - therapeutic use Middle Aged Neuroimaging Pituitary Diseases - etiology Pituitary Hormones - blood Pituitary Hormones - therapeutic use Retrospective Studies Stalk thickening Steroid pulse therapy Treatment Outcome Young Adult GH DI MRI Diabetes insipidus Lymphocytic hypophysitis ACTH TSH Steroid pulse therapy IGF PA Stalk thickening APA TSS FSH LYH LH
ISSN:	1878-8750, 1878-8769, 1878-8769
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