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Published in: Endocrine Pathology 3/2012

01-09-2012

Necrotizing Infundibuloneurohypophysitis: Case Report and Literature Review

Authors: Anick Nater, Luis V. Syro, Fabio Rotondo, Bernd W. Scheithauer, Veronica Abad, Carolina Jaramillo, Kalman Kovacs, Eva Horvath, Michael Cusimano

Published in: Endocrine Pathology | Issue 3/2012

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Several conditions may lead to pituitary necrosis: Sheehan syndrome, increased intracranial pressure, traumatic pituitary injury, thrombosis of the vessels perfusing the pituitary, ischemia, as well as various infections and autoimmune processes. Necrosis may develop in the anterior and posterior lobes, as well as in the pituitary stalk and infundibulum. Hypophysitis is a chronic inflammatory disorder resulting from an autoimmune process (primary hypophysitis) [1, 2] or from an identified agent, such as infection (secondary hypophysitis) [3]. By histology, in various forms of hypophysitis, necrotic areas may be apparent. …
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Metadata
Title
Necrotizing Infundibuloneurohypophysitis: Case Report and Literature Review
Authors
Anick Nater
Luis V. Syro
Fabio Rotondo
Bernd W. Scheithauer
Veronica Abad
Carolina Jaramillo
Kalman Kovacs
Eva Horvath
Michael Cusimano
Publication date
01-09-2012
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Endocrine Pathology / Issue 3/2012
Print ISSN: 1046-3976
Electronic ISSN: 1559-0097
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12022-012-9214-y

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