ea0090ep716 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2023
Uzman Rukiye Dilara Tekin
, Burhan Sebnem
, Dogukan Fatih Mert
, Kocak Burak
, Hatipoglu Esra Suheda
, Niyazoglu Mutlu
Introduction: Hypophysitis is a rare pituitary inflammation due to primary and secondary causes. Xanthomatous hypophysitis is the rarest subtype and described with lipid-laden cystic areas, transparent cytoplasmic and lipid-laden histiocytes and foamy (xanthomatous) histiocytes. Although the etiology of xanthomatous hypophysitis is not clearly known, it has been suggested to develop as a result of autoimmune cause or inflammatory process of infiltration of cyst components from...