Idiopathic granulomatous hypophysitis
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A Case of Idiopathic Granulomatous Hypophysitis
Granulomatous hypophysitis is a rare pituitary condition that commonly presents with enlargement of the pituitary gland. A 31-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with a severe headache and bitemporal hemianopsia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an 18 × 10-mm sellar mass with suprasellar extension and compression of the optic chiasm. Interestingly, brain MRI had shown no abnormal...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurosurgical Focus
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1092-0684
DOI: 10.3171/foc.1996.1.1.11