Triad of hypopituitarism, granulomatous hypophysitis, and ruptured Rathke's cleft cyst

C H Albini; M H MacGillivray; J E Fisher; M L Voorhess; D M Klein

doi:10.1227/00006123-198801010-00022

Triad of hypopituitarism, granulomatous hypophysitis, and ruptured Rathke's cleft cyst

Neurosurgery. 1988 Jan;22(1 Pt 1):133-6. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198801010-00022.

Authors

C H Albini¹, M H MacGillivray, J E Fisher, M L Voorhess, D M Klein

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, State University of New York.

PMID: 3344071
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-198801010-00022

Abstract

A 19-year-old girl with pituitary insufficiency and a large sella turcica was found to have granulomatous hypophysitis in association with a Rathke's cleft cyst. We think that the inflammatory process represents a foreign body reaction to leakage of cyst contents, with destruction of pituitary tissue.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Craniopharyngioma / complications*
Craniopharyngioma / diagnostic imaging
Craniopharyngioma / pathology
Craniopharyngioma / surgery
Female
Granuloma / etiology*
Humans
Hypopituitarism / etiology*
Inflammation
Pituitary Diseases / etiology*
Pituitary Neoplasms / complications*
Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Pituitary Neoplasms / pathology
Pituitary Neoplasms / surgery
Rupture, Spontaneous
Tomography, X-Ray Computed