SARCOIDOSIS WITH INVOLVEMENT OF THE PITUITARY GLAND
Authors: A JACKSON, T R HOOD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Case Reports1 August 1958SARCOIDOSIS WITH INVOLVEMENT OF THE PITUITARY GLANDALBERT JACKSON, MD., F.A.C.P., THOMAS R. HOOD, M.D.ALBERT JACKSON, MD., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, THOMAS R. HOOD, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-2-467 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSarcoidosis is a fairly common disease. However, pituitary involvement by sarcoidosis is exceedingly rare. We have observed a patient with proved sarcoidosis with probable involvement of the pituitary gland.CASE REPORTA 32 year old white male machinist was first admitted to this hospital in 1945 because of small lumps in the pretibial area which were diagnosed as erythema nodosum. The x-ray of the chest showed a distinct hilar lymphadenopathy. No glands were palpable, and there was no testicular atrophy. Sputa were negative for fungi and tuberculosis.The patient's next admission was in 1951 because of fatigue and cough. The...Bibliography1. KassJacksonSlavin IAM: The treatment of sarcoidosis with cortisone. A discussion as to its mode of action, Am. Pract. and Digest Treat. 4: 503, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. Tilligren J: Diabetes insipidus as a symptom of Schaumann's disease, Brit. J. Dermat. 47: 223, 1935. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Ross B: Cerebral manifestations of lymphogranulomatosis benigna (Schaumann) and uveoparotid fever (Heerfordt), Acta med. Scandinav. 104: 123, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Jersild M: Diabete insipide au cours de sarcoides de Boeck, Ann. de dermat. et syph. 10: 641, 1939. Google Scholar5. Longcope WT: Sarcoidosis, or Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease, J. A. M. A. 117: 1321, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Kraus EJ: Die morphologischen Veranderungen der menschlichen Hypophyse nach Zerstorung der Zwischenhirnbasis bzw. des Hypophysenstiels und deren Folgen, Virchows Arch. f. path. Anat. 286: 656, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Heesen W: Morbus Boeck und Hypophysar Storungen, Ztschr. f. tuberk. 102: 18, 1953. Google Scholar8. Dann S: Metabolic craniopathy: a review of the literature with report of a case with diabetes insipidus, Ann. Int. Med. 34: 163, 1951. LinkGoogle Scholar9. Soffer LA: Diseases of the endocrine glands, 2nd Ed., 1956, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 242. Google Scholar10. LewisRobinsonYeeHackerEisen LRFJLAG: Fatal adrenal cortical insufficiency precipitated by surgery during prolonged continuous cortisone treatment, Ann. Int. Med. 39: 116, 1953. LinkGoogle Scholar11. ThornJenkinsLaidlawGoetzDingmanAronsStreetenMcCracken GWDJCFCJFWLDHBH: Pharmacologic aspects of adrenocortical steroids and ACTH in man, New England J. Med. 248: 323, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. DeckerMeredithThornton HCJMJL: Disappearance of diabetes insipidus after progressive and complete destruction of the pituitary gland by metastatic carcinoma, New England J. Med. 252: 990, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. HurxthalMusulin LMN: Clinical endocrinology, 1953, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, p. 184. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ALBERT JACKSON, MD., F.A.C.P.; THOMAS R. HOOD, M.D.Affiliations: Wadsworth, Kansas*Received for publication December 26, 1956.From the Veterans Administration Hospital, Wadsworth, Kansas.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Albert Jackson, M.D., Post Office Box 622, Wadsworth, Kansas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySarcoidosisIntrasellar PathologySarkoidosePartial hypopituitarism and possible hypothalamic involvement in sarcoidosisFunktion des Hypophysenvorderlappens bei thorakaler SarkoidoseSarcoidose et systeme nerveux centralEndocrine Aspects of SarcoidosisCentral nervous system sarcoidosis with alveolar hypoventilationHypothalamic-pituitary sarcoidosisSarcoidosis: Case Presentation and Discussion 1 August 1958Volume 49, Issue 2 Page: 467-471 Keywords Atrophy Erythema Fatigue Genital anatomy Pituitary gland Proteins Sarcoidosis Thorax Thyroid Vision ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...