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ea0011p70 | Clinical case reports | ECE2006

Spontaneous pregnancy after trans-spenoidal surgery in a patient with pituitary hypophysitis – a case report

Siddique H , Baskar V , Dissanayeke S , Clayton RN , Hanna FWF

Autoimmune hypophysitis is a rare disease with only 28 cases reported in UK so far. Subsequent pregnancy, especially after pituitary surgery, is even more rare. We report a 34-year-old lady who presented 5 weeks after the birth of her second child with visual loss and headache. Subsequent investigations revealed a pituitary macroadenoma with suprasellar extension and chiasmal compression. She underwent transphenoidal adenomectomy with complete recovery of vision. Preoperativel...