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ea0099p538 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2024

Patient with granulomatous hypophysitis in the course of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) misdiagnosed as craniopharyngioma

Piasecka Monika , Lewczuk-Myślicka Anna , Obołończyk Łukasz , Kaniuka-Jakubowska Sonia , Świątkowska-Stodulska Renata

Introduction: Idiopathic granulomatous hypophysitis (IGH) is a rare inflammatory disease that may present with radiological changes in the pituitary gland. Diagnosis with non-specific syndromes becomes challenging. Secondary causes of granulomatous hypophysitis include tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, syphilis, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, GPA, and Rathke’s cleft cyst rupture. GPA is a multisystem disease, characterized by necrotizing small-vessel vasculitis, mostly affecting...