Stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of lymphocytic hypophysitis

Journal of Neurosurgery - Tập 99 Số 3 - Trang 591-596 - 2003
Michael T. Selch1, Antonio A. F. DeSalles2, Daniel F. Kelly2, Leonardo Frighetto2, Harry V. Vinters2, Cynthia Cabatan-Awang2, Robert E. Wallace2, Timothy D. Solberg2
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Neurological Surgery, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles, California 90095-6951, USA.
2University of California at, Los Angeles

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✓ Lymphocytic hypophysitis is a rare inflammatory disorder of the pituitary gland. Standard therapy consists of transsphenoidal resection or oral administration of corticosteroid medications. Two patients with symptomatic lymphocytic hypophysitis, which recurred after standard therapy, were treated with low-dose stereotactic radiotherapy. On imaging studies both lesions demonstrated a response to radiation and each patient experienced relief of symptoms. There has been no adverse sequela of the radiation treatment. The authors conclude that stereotactic radiotherapy represents an effective, noninvasive treatment option for patients with lymphocytic hypophysitis, particularly if the disease is recurrent after surgery or resistant to corticosteroid medications.

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Journal of Neurosurgery

Tập 99 Số 3

591-596

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