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Panhypopituitarism due to Wegener's granulomatosis

Overview of attention for article published in Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism, November 2011
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Title
Panhypopituitarism due to Wegener's granulomatosis
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Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism, November 2011
DOI 10.1590/s0004-27302011000700008
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Silvina G. Santoro, Alberto H. Guida, Alejandra E. Furioso, Patricia Glikman, Amelia S. Rogozinski

Abstract

Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a multi-system necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis which classically affects the upper respiratory tract, lungs and kidneys. Pituitary participation has been described in 24 patients in the literature to date. The aim of this article is to report a case of pituitary involvement in WG, and to present a literature review on this association. We present a female patient with WG who evolved with central diabetes insipidus (CDI), panhypopituitarism, and mild hyperprolactinemia. MRI showed an infiltrative pattern. Pituitary involvement has been reported in around 1% of patients with WG, mostly in women. It is represented by CDI and hypopituitarism. MRI generally shows pituitary enlargement, stalk thickening and loss of hyperintensity of the neurohypophysis. Permanent endocrine therapy is generally needed. WG should be considered in cases of CDI and hypopituitarism, essentially if a vasculitis is suspected and more common sellar disorders have been ruled out.

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 January 2012.
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#7,959,659
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#157
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#66,022
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Outputs of similar age from Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
#4
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