Endocrine Abstracts

Lymphocytic hypophysitis (LH), an uncommon pituitary disorder that is considered an autoimmune disease. The disease shows a striking female predilection of ~9:1 and commonly affects young women during late pregnancy or in the postpartum period. Less frequently, it has also been observed in men and postmenaposal woman. Partial or total hypopituitarism can be in LH. In the early stage, the pituitary gland is enlarged like a pituitary tumor, from which it cannot be distinguished ...