Endocrine Abstracts

Hypophysitis is a rare clinical condition manifesting as pituitary dysfunction: hypopituitarism or diabetes insipidus (DI) and pituitary enlargement causing mass effect (headaches, visual disturbances) due to the inflammation of the pituitary gland. We conducted a retrospective analysis of medical records of patients diagnosed with hypophysitis in the Department of Endocrinology of the Bielanski Hospital from 2014 to 2019. Twenty-five patients were identified, which represents...

Primary hypophysitis (PH) is a rare clinical entity usually presenting with headaches, pituitary deficiency, visual field defects and exceptionally with symptoms of cavernous sinus infiltration such as cranial nerve palsies. An internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion is unusual complication of PH infiltrating the cavernous sinus. A 32-year old woman presented with a 4-year history of recurring headaches, right retro-orbital pain, periodic diplopia and secondary adren...