Endocrine Abstracts

Hypophysitis describes inflammatory pituitary lesions which can be classified into lymphocytic (autoimmune), granulomatous or xanthomatous. Rathke’s cleft cysts (RCC) are usually assymptomatic, benign tumours derived from remnants of Rathke’s pouch. We present a case of lymphocytic hypophysitis secondary to a ruptured RCC and the first reported case of post-surgical recurrence.A 34-year-old female presented with secondary amenorrhoea and fatigu...