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Patient ID Pituitary Abs Measured Pituitary Ab Results Associations Comments
130 Not measured not recorded No association
47 Not measured not recorded No association
237 Not measured not recorded No association
151 Not measured not recorded No association
133 Not measured not recorded No association
55 Not measured not recorded No association Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis.
125 Not measured not recorded No association
126 Not measured not recorded No association
127 Not measured not recorded No association
49 Not measured not recorded No association
129 Not measured not recorded No association
155 Not measured not recorded No association
48 Not measured not recorded No association
132 Not measured not recorded No association
161 Not measured not recorded No association
134 Not measured not recorded No association
54 Not measured not recorded No association
53 Not measured not recorded No association
52 Not measured not recorded No association
82 Not measured not recorded No association
385 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with germinoma.
128 Not measured not recorded No association
153 Not measured not recorded No association
91 Not measured not recorded No association
92 Not measured not recorded No association
105 Not measured not recorded No association
94 Not measured not recorded No association
123 Not measured not recorded No association
96 Not measured not recorded No association
98 Not measured not recorded No association
99 Not measured not recorded No association
63 Not measured not recorded No association subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis Improved spontaneously
158 Not measured not recorded No association
93 Not measured not recorded No association
156 Not measured not recorded No association
145 Not measured not recorded No association
148 Not measured not recorded No association
149 Not measured not recorded No association
150 Not measured not recorded No association cavernous sinus involvement.
143 Not measured not recorded No association
152 Not measured not recorded No association cavernous sinus involvement.
142 Not measured not recorded No association
154 Not measured not recorded No association
131 Not measured not recorded No association One of few cases where an hormone besides PRL is elevated. The increase in GH was considered due to destruction of somatotrophs.
101 Not measured not recorded No association diabetes insipidus in the post-partum period
373 Not measured not recorded No association
326 Not measured not recorded No association
327 Not measured not recorded No association
328 Not measured not recorded No association
329 Not measured not recorded No association
351 Not measured not recorded No association Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis
321 Not measured not recorded No association
379 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with craniopharyngioma
349 Not measured not recorded No association cavernous sinus involvement.
50 Not measured not recorded No association
190 Not measured not recorded No association
322 Not measured not recorded No association
375 Not measured not recorded No association
3 Not measured not recorded No association
369 Not measured not recorded No association cavernous sinus involvement.
378 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with craniopharyngioma
368 Not measured not recorded No association
380 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with GH adenoma (secreting)
381 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with Rathke's cleft cyst
383 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with Rathke's cleft cyst
384 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with germinoma Recurrence (second surgery)
371 Not measured not recorded No association
345 Not measured not recorded No association
341 Not measured not recorded No association
333 Not measured not recorded No association
335 Not measured not recorded No association
71 Not measured not recorded No association
338 Not measured not recorded No association
235 Not measured not recorded No association
340 Not measured not recorded No association
330 Not measured not recorded No association
342 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with Common Variable Immunodeficiency (defective immunoglobulin synthesis), diagnosed at the age of 3
324 Not measured not recorded No association
7 Not measured not recorded No association
331 Not measured not recorded No association
346 Not measured not recorded No association
347 Not measured not recorded No association
339 Not measured not recorded No association
323 Not measured not recorded No association
315 Not measured not recorded No association Hypothyroidism
318 Not measured not recorded No association Hypothyroidism
319 Not measured not recorded No association Hypothyroidism
332 Not measured not recorded No association
88 Not measured not recorded No association
8 Not measured not recorded No association
70 Not measured not recorded No association
181 Not measured not recorded No association
171 Not measured not recorded No association
180 Not measured not recorded No association
173 Not measured not recorded No association
44 Not measured not recorded No association
43 Not measured not recorded No association
42 Not measured not recorded No association improved spontaneously
68 Not measured not recorded No association One of few cases where an hormone besides PRL is elevated
84 Not measured not recorded No association
170 Not measured not recorded No association Recurrence (second surgery).
167 Not measured not recorded No association diabetes insipidus in the post-partum period
198 Not measured not recorded No association
220 Not measured not recorded No association
221 Not measured not recorded No association
222 Not measured not recorded No association
223 Not measured not recorded No association
36 Not measured not recorded No association
35 Not measured not recorded No association improved spontaneously
33 Not measured not recorded No association improved spontaneously
217 Not measured not recorded No association Brought to the attention for meningitis, although signs of hypopituitarism were antecedent.
178 Not measured not recorded No association Involvement of the cavernous sinus
39 Not measured not recorded No association
182 Not measured not recorded No association
183 Not measured not recorded No association Presenting like meningitis
184 Not measured not recorded No association
185 Not measured not recorded No association
186 Not measured not recorded No association Recurrence (second surgery).
187 Not measured not recorded No association
236 Not measured not recorded No association
189 Not measured not recorded No association
179 Not measured not recorded No association Patient died due to broncho-aspiration. Retroperitoneal fibrosis
169 Not measured not recorded No association cavernous sinus involvement.
79 Not measured not recorded No association
168 Not measured not recorded No association
387 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with germinoma
196 Not measured not recorded No association Recurrence (second surgery).
188 Not measured not recorded No association
172 Not measured not recorded No association subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis.
45 Not measured not recorded No association Presenting as meningitis
164 Not measured not recorded No association
165 Not measured not recorded No association
166 Not measured not recorded No association Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis.
76 Not measured not recorded No association
191 Not measured not recorded No association
60 Not measured not recorded No association
77 Not measured not recorded No association
56 Not measured not recorded No association
106 Not measured not recorded No association
107 Not measured not recorded No association
108 Not measured not recorded No association
61 Not measured not recorded No association
110 Not measured not recorded No association
111 Not measured not recorded No association
104 Not measured not recorded No association
207 Not measured not recorded No association
83 Not measured not recorded No association
216 Not measured not recorded No association Presenting as isolated ADH (diabetes insipidus) deficiency
59 Not measured not recorded No association
117 Not measured not recorded No association Severe hypercalcemia (likely due to adrenal insufficiency)
58 Not measured not recorded No association
57 Not measured not recorded No association
162 Not measured not recorded No association Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis.
112 Not measured not recorded No association
67 Not measured not recorded No association
87 Not measured not recorded No association death from the sequelae of diabetes insipidus
374 Not measured not recorded No association
113 Not measured not recorded No association
206 Not measured not recorded No association
89 Not measured not recorded No association
232 Not measured not recorded No association
234 Not measured not recorded No association
85 Not measured not recorded No association
34 Not measured not recorded No association improved spontaneously
209 Not measured not recorded No association
38 Not measured not recorded No association
202 Not measured not recorded No association Surgery performed 7 weeks after delivery
203 Not measured not recorded No association
114 Not measured not recorded No association
205 Not measured not recorded No association
195 Not measured not recorded No association Patient was under steroid treatment for asthma.
78 Not measured not recorded No association
208 Not measured not recorded No association
199 Not measured not recorded No association
210 Not measured not recorded No association
211 Not measured not recorded No association
212 Not measured not recorded No association
213 Not measured not recorded No association
214 Not measured not recorded No association
215 Not measured not recorded No association
204 Not measured not recorded No association
32 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies by immunofluorescence: negative.
46 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes No association Pituitary antibodies were measured by indirect immunofluorescence and found positive, against a great number of anterior pituitary cells (multi-cell pattern)
41 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies, tested by indirect immunofluorescence, were not found.
40 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes No association Pituitary antibodies: positive by immunofluorescence using rat pituitary.
37 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes No association Pituitary antibodies: positive by immunofluorescence.
31 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Hypercalcemia, likely due to adrenal insufficiency. Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis. Pituitary antibodies: negative. Isolated ACTH deficiency
29 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes No association Pituitary antibodies: positive and directed against ACTH-secreting cells. The substrate for immunofluorescence was rat pituitary.
28 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes No association Pituitary antibodies: positive at low titer and directed against gonadotropes. The substrate for immunofluorescence was rat pituitary.
248 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative (both cytoplasmic and membrane)
10 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes No association 1st case diagnosed ante-mortem. Pituitary antibodies measured by immunofluorescence: low titer of antibody reacting with all cell types of the anterior pituitary were detected in both the preoperative and postoperative sera.
66 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were measured by indirect immunofluorescence against human hypophysis and found negative.
253 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were measured by immunofluorescence using rat pituitary.
163 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative. Both against cytoplasmic antigens and membrane antigens.
174 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes No association At presentation, pituitary antibodies against GH3 cells were positive, but against AtT20 cells were negative. Three months after delivery, opposite finding: GH3 antibodies negative and AtT20 positive.
176 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies, assessed by immunofluorescence, were negative.
192 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were measured by indirect immunofluorescence using rat pituitary and found negative.
194 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes No association Pituitary antibodies were positive at presentation and at 2, 6, 12 and 20 months of follow-up. They became negative at the 48th month follow-up measurement. Antibodies were measured by immunofluorescence using GH3 and AtT20 cell lines.
193 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Antibodies against vasopressin and arginine-vasopressin cells were negative.
307 Not measured not recorded No association
13 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies measured by immunofluorescence: negative.
386 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with germinoma
308 Not measured not recorded No association
309 Not measured not recorded No association
72 Not measured not recorded No association
285 Not measured not recorded No association First case of LH presenting a selective destruction of lactotrophs
276 Not measured not recorded No association
277 Not measured not recorded No association
278 Not measured not recorded No association
279 Not measured not recorded No association
51 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were measured by indirect immunofluorescence against frozen rat pituitary gland and found negative.
281 Not measured not recorded No association
62 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were measured by indirect immunofluorescence against human hypophysis and found negative.
284 Not measured not recorded No association cavernous sinus involvement
312 Not measured not recorded No association
286 Not measured not recorded No association
288 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with hypercalcemia due to secondary adrenal insufficiency
289 Not measured not recorded No association
291 Not measured not recorded No association Probably she had a transient post-partum thyroiditis after her 2nd delivery
292 Not measured not recorded No association spontaneous resolution
175 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies against GH3 and AtT20 cells were negative. Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis.
280 Not measured not recorded No association
297 Measured by immunoblotting No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative, both by immunofluorescence and western blotting. They were measured 7 years after presentation.
140 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were measured by indirect immunofluorescence using monkey pituitary.
144 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies assessed by indirect immunofluorescence were negative.
300 Measured by immunoblotting No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative by western blotting using human pituitary as the antigen. They were measured 5 years after presentation.
302 Measured by immunoblotting No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative by western blotting using human pituitary as the antigen, and by immunofluorescence. They were measured 1 year after presentation.
348 Measured by immunoblotting Yes No association High titer of TPO antibodies (Hashimoto's thyroiditis). Positive anti-pituitary antibodies recognizing a 28 kDa band in western blot.
299 Measured by immunoblotting Yes No association Pituitary antibodies were positive. They were measured by western blotting and recognized a 68 kDa and a 43 kDa membrane pituitary proteins. They were measured 1 year after presentation.
224 Measured by immunoblotting Yes No association 17 months after biopsy, the patient's serum was assessed by P. Crock for the presence of pituitary antibodies by western blot. This serum recognized the 49 kDa band at high titer (>1:1000), and also the 40 kDa band
160 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative (no method specified)
298 Measured by immunoblotting Yes No association Pituitary antibodies were positive. They were measured by western blotting and recognized a 68 kDa and a 49 kDa membrane pituitary proteins. They were measured 2 years after presentation.
138 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were measured by indirect immunofluorescence using monkey pituitary.
296 Measured by immunoblotting No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative, both by immunofluorescence and western blotting.
230 Measured by immunoblotting Yes No association 1.5 years after biopsy, the patient's serum was assessed by P. Crock for the presence of pituitary antibodies by western blot. This serum recognized the 49 kDa band but not the 40 kDa band.
229 Measured by immunoblotting Yes No association 1 year after biopsy, the patient's serum was assessed by P. Crock for the presence of pituitary antibodies by western blot. This serum recognized the 49 kDa band but not the 40 kDa band.
227 Measured by immunoblotting No No association 15 months after biopsy, the patient's serum was assessed by P. Crock for the presence of pituitary antibodies by western blot. No antibody detected.
136 Measured by immunoblotting Yes No association 3 months after biopsy, the patient's serum was assessed by P. Crock for the presence of pituitary antibodies by western blot. This serum recognized the 49 kDa band, but not the 40 kDa band
65 Measured by immunoblotting Yes No association Pituitary antibodies were measured by indirect immunofluorescence against human hypophysis and found negative. However, 16 months after biopsy, the patient's serum was assessed by P. Crock for the presence of pituitary antibodies by western blot. This serum recognized the 40 kDa band, but not the 49 kDa band
80 Measured by immunoblotting No No association 7 years after biopsy, the patient's serum was assessed by P. Crock for the presence of pituitary antibodies by western blot. This serum did not recognize either the 40 kDa band or the 49 kDa band
226 Measured by immunoblotting Yes No association 16 months after biopsy, the patient's serum was assessed by P. Crock for the presence of pituitary antibodies by western blot. This serum recognized the 49 kDa band and also the 40 kDa band.
301 Measured by immunoblotting No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative by western blotting using human pituitary as the antigen, and by immunofluorescence. They were measured 4 years after presentation.
177 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were measured for membranes (using GH3 and AtT20 cells) and for cytosol (by immunofluorescence)
258 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were measured by immunofluorescence using rat pituitary.
271 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association lymphocytic hypophysitis with isolated GH deficiency and diabetes insipidus. Pituitary antibodies were not found. Presenting as isolated ADH (diabetes insipidus) deficiency.
274 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were measured and found negative. Associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
287 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative. Cavernous sinus involvement.
294 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were measured by indirect immunofluorescence.
245 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies tested post-operatively were negative.
90 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative Involvement of the cavernous sinus.
109 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies against rat pituitary cytoplasmic antigens and against mouse AtT20 and rat GH3 cell lines were negative. Same patient also described in the Japanese article #152.
382 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Associated with Rathke's cleft cyst
119 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes No association Pituitary antibodies: anti-ACTH 1-24 and anti-hCG: negative. Anti-hPRL and anti-hGH: trace positive.
139 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were measured by indirect immunofluorescence using monkey pituitary.
100 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes No association Pituitary antibodies against rat pituitary cytoplasmic antigens were positive by immunofluorescence. Antibodies against mouse AtT20 and rat GH3 cell line surface antigens were negative. Empty sella
159 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative (no method specified)
97 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes No association Pituitary antibodies against rat pituitary cytoplasmic antigens were positive by immunofluorescence. Antibodies against mouse AtT20 cell line were weakly positive and against rat GH3 cell line surface antigens were negative. The cytosolic antibodies became negative 5 years after diagnosis
103 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative (no methods specified, probably immunofluorescence).
124 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were negative.
356 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were not detected.
137 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis. Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were measured by indirect immunofluorescence using monkey pituitary.
17 Not measured not recorded No association
116 Measured by immunofluorescence No No association Pituitary antibodies were not detected. Associated with pustolosis palmaris et plantaris.
313 Not measured not recorded No association
25 Not measured not recorded No association
259 Not measured not recorded No association
260 Not measured not recorded No association
261 Not measured not recorded No association
262 Not measured not recorded No association
265 Not measured not recorded No association
306 Not measured not recorded No association
243 Not measured not recorded No association
74 Not measured not recorded No association Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis. Associated with GH adenoma (silent, nonsecreting).
358 Not measured not recorded No association
264 Not measured not recorded No association
247 Not measured not recorded No association
238 Not measured not recorded No association
239 Not measured not recorded No association
240 Not measured not recorded No association
241 Not measured not recorded No association
242 Not measured not recorded No association
269 Not measured not recorded No association
359 Not measured not recorded No association cavernous sinus involvement.
377 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with craniopharyngioma
360 Not measured not recorded No association Cacosmia: the authors speculated this is caused by the irritative process of the pituitary mass in the olfactory tract or medial part of the temporal lobe.
311 Not measured not recorded No association Recurrence (second surgery).
352 Not measured not recorded No association
5 Not measured not recorded No association
354 Not measured not recorded No association Recurrence (second surgery)
355 Not measured not recorded No association
23 Not measured not recorded No association improved spontaneously
370 Not measured not recorded No association
266 Not measured not recorded No association
350 Not measured not recorded No association cavernous sinus involvement.
361 Not measured not recorded No association Long latent period between onset of hypopituitarism and development of optic chiasm compression.
363 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with idiopathic myopathy. Cavernous sinus involvement.
364 Not measured not recorded No association The development of SIADH may be related to a coexistent aseptic meningitis.
365 Not measured not recorded No association
366 Not measured not recorded No association
367 Not measured not recorded No association
255 Not measured not recorded No association diabetes insipidus in the peripartum period
357 Not measured not recorded No association
254 Not measured not recorded No association Associated with germinoma
305 Not measured not recorded No association
19 Not measured not recorded No association
303 Not measured not recorded No association
18 Not measured not recorded No association
11 Not measured not recorded No association 1st case diagnosed ante-mortem
69 Not measured not recorded No association
14 Not measured not recorded No association
15 Not measured not recorded No association Atrophy of the adrenal cortex
16 Not measured not recorded No association
273 Not measured not recorded No association Positive serum reactivity toward HTLV-1 p24 antigen.
304 Not measured not recorded No association
75 Not measured not recorded No association Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis.
244 Not measured not recorded No association One of few cases where an hormone besides PRL is elevated Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis.
250 Not measured not recorded No association
249 Not measured not recorded No association
257 Not measured not recorded No association
275 Not measured not recorded No association Lymphocytic infundibulo-neurohypophysitis
251 Not measured not recorded No association spontaneous improvement. Cavernous sinus involvement.
86 Measured by immunofluorescence No Thyroiditis Associated with post-partum thyroiditis. Pituitary antibodies measured by indirect immunofluorescence were negative.
26 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
115 Measured by immunofluorescence No Thyroiditis Association with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis. Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were assessed by indirect immunofluorescence on frozen sections of normal monkey hypophysis.
317 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis associated with thyroiditis
24 Measured by immunofluorescence No Thyroiditis Association with Hashimoto thyroiditis. Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis. Pituitary antibodies: negative. They were measured 2 years after the second delivery.
118 Measured by immunofluorescence No Thyroiditis associated with autoimmune thyroiditis. Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were assessed by indirect immunofluorescence using snap-frozen monkey pituitary tissue. Isolated ACTH deficiency
197 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (AbTg and TPO positive)
120 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
314 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Associated with hypothyroid Hashimoto's thyroiditis
337 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Presenting as meningitis
122 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes Thyroiditis Positive pituitary antibody (IgM 1:50, IgG negative) assessed by IF on human pituitary sections.
320 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis
20 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Association with post-partum thyroiditis. Spontaneous regression of the pituitary mass demonstrated by CT
22 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Associated with hypothyroid Hashimoto's thyroiditis
231 Measured by ELISA No Thyroiditis Associated with euthyroid, goitrous, Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Pituitary antibodies were measured by ELISA, and found negative.
293 Measured by immunofluorescence No Thyroiditis Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Candidacies. Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were detected by indirect immunofluorescence using snap-frozen human fetal hypophysis
121 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis diabetes insipidus in the post-partum period. Spontaneous resolution Associated with autoimmune thyroiditis
283 Measured by immunofluorescence No Thyroiditis Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were measured by indirect immunofluorescence using rat pituitary as the antigen.
81 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis associated with post-partum thyroiditis
30 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Associated with focal thyroiditis
146 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis
336 Measured by immunofluorescence No Thyroiditis Hypothyroid Hashimoto's thyroiditis diagnosed at age 13 and treated with thyroxine. Associated with pituitary apoplexy. Blood for measuring pituitary antibodies, collected 11 months after the surgery, yielded a negative result. Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis.
95 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Empty sella.
310 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis
316 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Associated with hypothyroid Hashimoto's thyroiditis (Addison's disease?)
147 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis
290 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis Associated with autoimmune thyroiditis
201 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Pituitary antibodies against rat cytosol and mouse membrane (AtT20) were positive post-operatively. Associated with SLE
267 Not measured not recorded Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Associated with SLE
233 Not measured not recorded Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Associated with SLE
102 Not measured not recorded Systemic Lupus Erythematosus associated with SLE diagnosed 1 year before
344 Measured by immunoblotting Yes Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Associated with SLE. Positive antipituitary antibodies (against 29 kDa antigen). Pituitary antibodies were assessed by western blotting. The patient serum recognized a band around 29 kDa. The protein electrophoresed was the cytosolic fraction of an homogenate of human pituitary collected at autopsy.
343 Measured by immunoblotting Yes Graves' disease Associated with Graves' disease. Positive antipituitary antibodies
362 Not measured not recorded Graves' disease Associated with Graves' disease. The association with SjÜgren's syndrome was also considered but the patient did not suffer from sicca syndrome and repeated testing for anti-SSA and anti-SSB antibodies were negative. Subsequent pregnancy after hypophysitis.
141 Measured by immunofluorescence No Graves' disease Associated with Graves' disease. Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were measured by indirect immunofluorescence using monkey pituitary substrate.
200 Not measured not recorded Graves' disease Associated with Graves' disease
268 Not measured not recorded Graves' disease Associated with autoimmune hepatitis and Graves' disease
270 Not measured not recorded Graves' disease Thyroidectomy at age 10 for Graves' disease
325 Not measured not recorded Addison's disease Associated with Addison's disease
272 Not measured not recorded Sjogren's syndrome Positive serum reactivity toward HTLV-1 p24 antigen. Associated with SjÜgren's disease
246 Not measured not recorded Sjogren's syndrome Lymphocytic hypophysitis associated with dracryoadenitis
252 Not measured not recorded Sjogren's syndrome Associated with SjÜgren's syndrome. Cavernous sinus involvement. Patient started IV methylprednisolone. Symptoms improved. MRI showed a decreased in the size of the thickened dura and pituitary stalk. Pituitary function did not recover and the patient required replacement therapy with steroids and desmopressin.
376 Measured by immunoblotting No Type 1 diabetes mellitus 10-years history of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
64 Not measured not recorded Sarcoidosis associated with sarcoidosis (affecting eyes and lungs). First case of sarcoidosis association.
73 Measured by immunofluorescence No Sarcoidosis associated with sarcoidosis, developed 1 year after delivery. Pituitary antibodies were negative. They were assessed reacting patient serum with pituitary membranes from mouse AtT-20 cells and rat GH3 cells.
334 Not measured not recorded Optic neuritis Associated with hypothalamic and optic pathway involvement
282 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes Optic neuritis Association with optic neuritis. Pituitary antibodies were positive. They were detected by indirect immunofluorescence
295 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes Optic neuritis Associated with optic neuritis. Positive pituitary antibodies
2 Not measured not recorded Gastritis/Pernicious anemia Associated with pernicious anemia.
21 Not measured not recorded Gastritis/Pernicious anemia Association with pernicious anemia (low serum B12 levels with anemia responsive to cyanocobalamin)
219 Measured by immunoblotting Yes Primary biliary cirrhosis Associated with asymptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis. Pituitary antibodies were positive. They were measured by western blotting using rat pituitary antigens electrophoresed in polyacrylamide gel an transferred to membrane. The patient serum recognized a 22 kDa protein, and remained positive 4 years after presentation.
353 Measured by immunoblotting Yes Rheumatoid arthritis Anti-pituitary cytosolic antibodies were detected in the serum. Associated with rheumatoid arthritis.
256 Not measured not recorded Erythema nodosum Associated with erythema nodosum, diagnosed 5 years before the diagnosis of hypophysitis.
263 Not measured not recorded Bechet's disease Associated with Bechet's disease (uveitis, recurring oral and genital ulcers) diagnosed 4 years before.
157 Not measured not recorded Pericarditis, myocarditis Associated with pericarditis/myocarditis. Also a Rathke's clef cyst was found.
372 Not measured not recorded Temporal arteritis Associated with temporal arteritis. Recurrence (second surgery).
1 Not measured not recorded Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Addison's disease
9 Measured by immunofluorescence Yes Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 Associated with Addison's disease (Cortical atrophy and lymphocytic infiltration) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis and probably autoimmune gastritis (she in fact had parietal cell antibodies). Pituitary antibodies measured by immunofluorescence: they were positive.
27 Not measured not recorded Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Addison's disease, and idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis.
12 Not measured not recorded Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. There was also probably primary hypocortisolism (Addison's disease) because the adrenal cortex contained numerous foci of lymphocytes and occasional plasma cells. The zona glomerulosa was normal. Isolated ACTH deficiency
4 Not measured not recorded Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Addison' disease
6 Not measured not recorded Adrenalitis and parathyroiditis Association with parathyroiditis and adrenalitis (Cortical atrophy)
218 Not measured not recorded Thyroiditis and sarcoidosis Associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and sarcoidosis
225 Measured by immunoblotting Yes Graves' disease and type 1 diabetes mellitus 4.5 years after biopsy, the patient's serum was assessed by P. Crock for the presence of pituitary antibodies by western blot. This serum recognized the 49 kDa band (at >1:500) and also the 40 kDa band. Associated with type 1 DM (diagnosed 7 years earlier) and Graves disease (diagnosed 11 years earlier)
228 Measured by immunoblotting Yes Type 1 diabetes mellitus and perenicious anemia 5 years after biopsy, the patient's serum was assessed by P. Crock for the presence of pituitary antibodies by western blot. This serum recognized the 49 kDa band (at >1:1000) and also the 40 kDa band. Associated with type 1 DM and pernicious anemia

 



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