Xanthomatous Hypophysitis Mimicking a Pituitary Adenoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Background. Hypophysitis is an inflammatory disease of the pituitary gland that may mimic pituitary tumors clinically and radiologically. Case Description. We report a case of a xanthomatous hypophysitis initially diagnosed as pituitary adenoma. A 31-year-old woman presented with headache, diabetes...

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Autores principales: Aste, Laura, Bellinzona, Mattia, Meleddu, Veronica, Farci, Graziella, Manieli, Cristina, Godano, Umberto
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2910471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20671950
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/195323

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2910471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20671950
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/195323

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