1997
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1370514
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Diabetes insipidus from sarcoidosis confined to the posterior pituitary

Abstract: A young white man with new-onset central diabetes insipidus was discovered to have a posterior pituitary mass on magnetic resonance imaging. No other radiological abnormalities were noted in the anterior pituitary, infundibulum or hypothalamus. No other endocrinopathies were present; laboratory investigations showed normal basal concentrations of anterior pituitary hormones, including prolactin. The patient was suspected to have sarcoidosis affecting the posterior pituitary, because of the discovery of pulmona… Show more

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“…Although there was no histological proof for the diagnosis, neurosarcoidosis was most likely because of elevated ESR and ACE levels. To our knowledge only five other cases have been described with a similar history (14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although there was no histological proof for the diagnosis, neurosarcoidosis was most likely because of elevated ESR and ACE levels. To our knowledge only five other cases have been described with a similar history (14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The first MRI examination suggested an infiltrative and/or inflammatory disease of the pituitary stalk (2) including granular cell tumor (15), juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma (16), germinomas (1, 9), meningiomas (17), LCH (4), tuberculosis and sarcoidosis (3).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Acquired central diabetes insipidus in childhood has a varied etiology including infiltrative mass (1), Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) (2), and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases (3)(4)(5). The idiopathic forms appear to be the most common (6)(7)(8).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The incidence is 6 out of 100,000 persons in a year, and affects mainly objects in 20s to 40s (1). About 5% of patients with sarcoidosis have central nervous system (CNS) sarcoidosis (5,6) (3,7,8).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%