Table 3 Management and Diagnosis
From: Granulomatous hypophysitis: experience with eight surgical cases of a single center
Case No. | Initial diagnosis | Management | Pathological diagnosis | Operation complication |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hypophysis abscess | Initial craniotomy surgery | Granulomatous hypophysitis | Panhypopituitarism |
2 | *PA with Rathke’s cleft cyst and eosinophilic granuloma of the skull | Initial trans-sphenoidal surgery | Granulomatous hypophysitis and eosinophilic granuloma of the skull, Rathke’s cleft cyst | None |
3 | PA | Initial trans-sphenoidal surgery | Granulomatous hypophysitis | None |
4 | PA | Initial trans-sphenoidal surgery | Granulomatous hypophysitis | None |
5 | PA | Initial trans-sphenoidal surgery | Granulomatous hypophysitis | None |
6 | PA | Initial trans-sphenoidal surgery | Granulomatous hypophysitis | None |
7 | Hypophysitis | Initial trans-sphenoidal surgery | Granulomatous hypophysitis | None |
8 | PA | Initial trans-sphenoidal surgery | Granulomatous hypophysitis | None |