Granulomatous hypophysitis: rare disease with challenging diagnosis

Granulomatous hypophysitis is rare pathology that mimics pituitary adenoma. Diagnosis is only confirmed by histopathology examination. Trans‐sphenoidal surgery is considered diagnostic when descent tissue specimen is obtained and therapeutic by decompressing optic pathway and the sella. Pathological...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Elgamal, Mohannad E., Mohamed, Rawia M. H., Fiad, Tarek, Elgamal, Essam A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5494403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1007
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Sumario:Granulomatous hypophysitis is rare pathology that mimics pituitary adenoma. Diagnosis is only confirmed by histopathology examination. Trans‐sphenoidal surgery is considered diagnostic when descent tissue specimen is obtained and therapeutic by decompressing optic pathway and the sella. Pathological findings always reveal granulomatous areas, multinucleated giant cells, plasma cells, and lymphocytes.

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