Autoimmune pituitary inflammation

Autoimmune Hypophysitis (AH) is often refereed in the literature as lymphocytic pituitary inflammation. It most common form of rare, chronic inflammation states affecting this gland. In cases it has autoimmune character. Symptoms are mostly headaches, dysfunction anterior and/or posterior lobe and visual disturbances. Diagnostics extremely difficult itself probably diagnosed too rare. coexist with other endocrinopathies. The golden standard diagnosis biopsy magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) also used. relation to rare occurrence Hypophysitis, varied clinical picture lack standardized research on large group patients there no described standards conduct those patients.