Spontaneous Recovery from Hypopituitarism in a Man with Lymphocytic Hypophysitis

Endocrine Journal

SATOSHI KIMURA¹  TOSHIRO FUJITA²  KAZUHISA TSUKAMOTO¹  SHUHEI HAYASHI¹  HIROSHI NOTO¹  KOJI TAKANO² 

[1] Department of Diabetes and Metabolism, Tokyo University Hospital;Department of Nephrology and Endocrinology, Tokyo University Hospital

关键词: Lymphocytic hypophysitis;    Hypopituitarism;   

DOI  :  10.1507/endocrj.48.483

学科分类：内分泌与代谢学

来源: Japan Endocrine Society

【 摘 要 】

References(10)Cited-By(7)A 50-year-old man presented with hypopituitarism and a pituitary lesion on magnetic resonance imaging scan. He was diagnosed as having lymphocytic hypophysitis, and replacement therapy with hydrocortisone and thyroxine was started. He regained normal pituitary function after 10 months. Reports of spontaneous recovery from Lymphocytic hypophysitis in men are rare. While the natural history of lymphocytic hypophysitis remains elusive and its management is not well established, our report shows that spontaneous resolution may occur with steroid supplementation even in men.

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