Sudden death due to lymphoplasmacytic hypophysitis. |
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| Authors: | K S Blisard R R Pfalzgraf M G Balko |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, OH 45267-0529. |
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| Abstract: | We report the case of a 37-year-old mentally retarded woman who died suddenly with premortem clinical signs of diabetes insipidus. At autopsy, her pituitary was infiltrated and destroyed by a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate, affecting the posterior pituitary more severely than the anterior pituitary. Vitreous electrolytes showed a pattern of hypertonic dehydration, compatible with diabetes insipidus. |
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