Tenorio-Aguirre EK, Campos-Barrera E, Ortega-Gómez MR, Mayorga-Camargo JCR, Vergara LA

Language: Spanish
References: 6
Page: 81-83
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ABSTRACT

The case of a 39-year-old-female who developed chronic headache and questionable visual field defects is presented. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed difuse pituitary enlargement with supraselar extension and thickening of the pituitary stalk. Transsphenoidal pituitary exploration and biopsy was performed, which confirmed the diagnosis of lymphocytic hypophysitis. Upon her latest follow-up, the patient is asymptomatic and only requires glucocorticoid replacement.

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