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An Unusual Cause of Hyperprolactinemia and Enlarged Sella Turcica

Carlos J. Portocarrero, MD; Alan G. Robinson, MD; Andrew L. Taylor, MD; Irwin Klein, MD

JAMA. 1981;246(16):1811-1812.

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LYMPHOID hypophysitis is an inflammatory process characterized by the presence of isolated lymphoid follicles and diffuse lymphocytic infiltrate of the anterior pituitary. The entity has been reported as an autopsy finding in six cases^1-6 and as an antemortem diagnosis in one previous patient.⁷ The following article describes a woman who underwent transsphenoidal pituitary exploration for a suspected prolactin-producing pituitary tumor. On routine histological examination of the surgical specimen, there were the characteristic inflammatory changes of lymphoid hypophysitis^1-7 without evidence of a tumor. This article documents the occurrence of elevated prolactin and enlargement of the sella turcica owing to lymphocytic infiltration of the adenohypophysis.

Report of a Case

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Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Pittsburgh (Drs Portocarrero, Robinson, and Klein), and the Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital, Miami (Dr Taylor).

Footnotes
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