Endocrine Abstracts

Hypophysitis is classified according to the anatomic location of pituitary involvement and the cause (primary or secondary forms). The primary forms are characterized by an idiopathic inflammatory process confined to the pituitary gland, while the secondary forms are triggered by a definite etiology. Recently, as a secondary form of hypophysitis, an immune-mediated paraneoplastic syndrome defined as paraneoplastic autoimmune hypophysitis has been reported. This novel clinical ...