A rare cause of hypophysitis: Tuberculosis
Endocrine Regulations, cilt.51, sa.4, ss.213-215, 2018 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 51 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2018
- Doi Numarası: 10.1515/enr-2017-0022
- Dergi Adı: Endocrine Regulations
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.213-215
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Hypophysitis, Hypopituitarism, Tuberculosis
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objectives. Hypophysitis is a heterogeneous infl ammatory disease of pituitary gland. As it causes headache and visual defects, it mimics sellar tumors in clinical and radiological aspects. It may occur due to primary or secondary causes. Tuberculosis is one of the rare secondary causes of the hypophysitis. Subject and Results. A 30-year-old male patient presented with fatigue and headache. Panhypopituitarism was considered due to the results and the diagnostic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed sagittal section diamater of pituitary gland higher than normal. Biopsy of the pituitary gland was concordant with the granulomatous hypophysitis. Other possible diagnosis was excluded. Conclusion. Th e tubercular hypophysitis, as a result of performed tests, is discussed hereby, in the case report.