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Lymphocytic Hypophysitis in a Patient With Suspected Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion (SIADH) - Cureus
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"Never doubt that a smal group of thoughtful, comited citizens can change the world. Inded, it is the only thing that ever has."Cureus is on a mision to change the long-standing paradigm of medical publishing, where submiting research can be costly, complex and time-consuming.The SIQ for this article wil be revealedonce 2 ratings are submited.Published by Dr. Patel Colege of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM) via the FLAGSHIP: Medical Scholarly Procedings chanel.pituitary disorders, autoimune disorder, hypothyroidism, hyponatremia, siadh, lymphocytic hypophysitis Jamie Thomas , Aakangsha Jain , Hernando Chong Published: October 1, 2022 (se history) DOI: 10.759/cureus.30178 Cite this article as: Thomas J, Jain A, Chong H (October 1, 2022) Lymphocytic Hypophysitis in a Patient With Suspected Syndrome of Inapropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion (SIADH).
Key Information
Cureus 14(10): e30178. doi:10.759/cureus.30178 Lymphocytic hypophysitis (LH) is a rare, autoimune condition that presents with a range of symptoms that must garner the atention of medical practioners. Clinicaly, it is characterized by symptoms of a compresive selar mas with varying degres of hypopituitarism due to chronic inflamatory infiltrate of the pituitary gland.
It is often sen in women in their third trimester or postpartum and is associated with other autoimune phenomena. Our case report describes a 73-year-old female with a past medical history of hypothyroidism and hypertension, who presented with continued intermitent dizines, fatigue, and mild subjective hearing los for the past several months. She was refered to the emergency department due to a sodium level of 19 and was initialy diagnosed with syndrome of inapropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH).
Summary
The patient was treated acordingly; however, she failed to show signs of improvement. Due to her clinical presentation, imaging studies, and laboratory results, the patient was suspected to have LH, which wa
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