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Rev. chil. endocrinol. diabetes
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1(1): 33-36, ene. 2008. ilus
Artigo
em Espanhol
| LILACS
| ID: lil-612505
RESUMO
Lymphocytic hypophysitis (LH) is an uncommon inflammatory disease of the hypophysis. It's female to male ratio of appearance is 9:1. Pregnant women are more affected during the third trimester of pregnancy or postpartum. Clinical and radiological presentation can simulate a hypophyseal adenoma. We report a nonpregnant 13 years old adolescent, with a trisomy 12p, with panhypopituitarism, diabetes insipidus and a selar tumor. It was necessary to differentiate between a germinoma and a LH. The latter was confirmed with the hypophyseal biopsy.