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ea0016p435 | Neuroendocrinology | ECE2008

Lymphocytic infundibulo-neurohypophysitis with diabetes insipidus and favorable evolution after glucocorticoid treatment

Ungureanu Maria-Christina , Luca Ioana , Grigoras Mihai , Gorduza Carmen , Vulpoi Carmen , Zbranca Eusecie

Infundibulohypophysitis is an unusual inflammatory condition that affects the infundibulum, the pituitary stalk and the neurohypophisis and may be a part of a range that includes lymphocityc hypophysitis. It occurs mainly in women and most often presents in later stages of pregnancy. Infundibilohypophysitis usually presents with diabetes insipidus. The case of a 30-year-old woman with diabetus insipidus diagnosticated in the third trimester of the pregnancy is reported. She wa...