"Lymphocytic hypophysitis is the best-known type of hypophysitis and accounts for the majority of cases of primary hypophysitis, most frequently occurring during the third trimester of pregnancy or in the early post-partum period 1. It is a non-neoplastic inflammatory condition that affects the pituitary gland and is associated with other autoimmune diseases 1."
"Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) DQ8 and DR3 alleles are known to be over-represented in patients with lymphocytic hypophysitis as are numerous autoimmune conditions such as 1:"
"autoimmune thyroiditis, e.g. Hashimoto thyroiditis, Graves disease and subacute thyroiditis"
"granulomatous hypophysitis (idiopathic or secondary to systemic illness e.g. sarcoidosis, syphilis, and tuberculosis)"
"Langerhans cell histiocytosis"
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"Associations"
"mass effects on adjacent structures (e.g. optic chiasm)"