Pituitary Antibodies in an Adolescent with Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency and Turner Syndrome | Zendy

Allison J. Pollock | Zendy; Tasa Seibert | Zendy; Cristiana Salvatori | Zendy; Patrizio Caturegli | Zendy; David B. Allen | Zendy

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Pituitary Antibodies in an Adolescent with Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency and Turner Syndrome

Author(s) -

Allison J. Pollock,

Tasa Seibert,

Cristiana Salvatori,

Patrizio Caturegli,

David B. Allen

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

hormone research in paediatrics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.816

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1663-2826

pISSN - 1663-2818

DOI - 10.1159/000446912

Subject(s) - medicine , autoantibody , endocrinology , adrenal insufficiency , hypopituitarism , anterior pituitary , hypophysitis , antibody , pituitary gland , hormone , immunology

Autoimmune hypophysitis (AH) is a rare inflammatory disease of the pituitary gland causing varying degrees of hypopituitarism and/or sellar compression. Cranial MRI remains the best noninvasive tool to diagnose AH, although a diagnosis of certainty requires pituitary biopsy. The objective of this study was to assess the utility of detecting pituitary antibodies for the diagnosis of AH.

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