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Idiopathic granulomatous hypophysitis: clinical and imaging features

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Idiopathic pituitary granuloma is a rare disorder similar to lymphocytic adenohypophysitis. Few cases have been reported. We report a new histologically case proven with MRI. The patterns of clinical and radiological presentation and the management of this disorder are discussed. MRI findings suggestive of this condition include an intensely enhancing pituitary mass, associated with dural enhancement. Steroid therapy may be suggested avoiding unnecessary surgery.

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  1. Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, F-75012, Paris, France

    M. Vasile, K. Marsot-Dupuch, L. Brunereau & J. M. Tubiana

  2. Service d’Histologie Embryologie Cytogénétique, Hôptial Pitié-Salpétrière, 47/83 Bd del’Hôpital, F-75013, Paris, France

    M. Kujas

  3. Service d’Endocrinologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, F-75012, Paris, France

    P. Bouchard

  4. Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Kremlin Bicêtre, 78 Rue de Général Leclerc, F-94270, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

    J. Comoy

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Vasile, M., Marsot-Dupuch, K., Kujas, M. et al. Idiopathic granulomatous hypophysitis: clinical and imaging features. Neuroradiology 39, 7–11 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050357

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