Prednisolone-responsive Postpartum IgG4-related Hypophysitis.
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SUBMITTER: Koide H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5827318 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
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Prednisolone-responsive Postpartum IgG4-related Hypophysitis.
Koide Hisashi H Shiga Akina A Komai Eri E Yamato Azusa A Fujimoto Masanori M Tamura Ai A Kono Takashi T Nakayama Akitoshi A Takiguchi Tomoko T Higuchi Seiichiro S Sakuma Ikki I Nagano Hidekazu H Hashimoto Naoko N Suzuki Sawako S Takeda Yasuaki Y Shibuya Makoto M Nishioka Hiroshi H Yamada Shozo S Inoshita Naoko N Ishiwatari Norio N Horiguchi Kentaro K Yokote Koutaro K Tanaka Tomoaki T
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 20171101 3
We herein report the case of a 25-year-old woman who presented with severe headache and visual field defects after childbirth. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed marked swelling of the pituitary gland, and an endocrinological examination revealed panhypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus. An immunohistological analysis of a transsphenoidal biopsy sample of the pituitary gland showed the significant accumulation of an immunogloblin G4 (IgG4)-positive population, leading to the diagnosis of IgG4- ...[more]
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