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LYMPHOCYTIC HYPOPHYSITIS: A RARE CAUSE OF HYPERPROLACTINAEMIA
Author(s) -
McDonald M. A.,
Brophy B. P.,
Raymond W.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1995.tb01802.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hypopituitarism , hypophysitis , hyperprolactinaemia , pregnancy , pituitary gland , pediatrics , hormone , prolactin , biology , genetics
Lymphocytic hypophysitis is one of the rare causes of hypopituitarism and intrasellar mass observed almost exclusively in women. A temporal relationship to pregnancy has been identified in many but not all of the 34 reported cases. Intra‐operative differentiation from non‐secretory macroadenoma is important, as resection of the anterior lobe is unnecessary in these individuals and pituitary function may spontaneously return to normal. The authors present the case of a woman with symptomatic hyperprolactinaemia 10 years after her last pregnancy.