Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis Causing Central Diabetes Insipidus: Case Report and Review of the Literature
作者:
BushunowPeter W.,
CasasVictor,
DugganDavid B.,
期刊:
Cancer Investigation
(Taylor Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 2
页码: 112-119
ISSN:0735-7907
年代: 1996
DOI:10.3109/07357909609018886
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
We report a patient with pulmonary and cutaneous lymphomatoid granulomatosis with central nervous system (CNS) involvement manifesting as central diabetes insipidus and review other cases reported in the literature with attention to presence of endocrine manifestations and response to therapy. Imaging of the pituitary in our patient demonstrated a thickened hypophyseal stalk and empty sella appearance. CHOP chemotherapy proved to be an effective treatment for both the systemic and CNS involvement in our patient, but diabetes insipidus has persisted. We postulate that there was localized involvement of the stalk of the hypophysis by lymphomatoid granulomatosis, which led to a permanent lesion causing diabetes insipidus. We conclude that lymphomatoid granulomatosis may cause endocrine complications that may not resolve despite systemic remission, and while the optimal regimen for CNS involvement with lymphomatoid granulomatosis is unknown, certain patients can have long-term survival after treatment with systemic chemotherapy.Endocrine complications of malignant diseases often present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges to the internist and neuro-oncologist. Lymphoproliferative disorders such as lymphomatoid granulomatosis and malignant lymphomas may cause generalized illness, which may complicate the recognition of neurological and endocrine abnormalities. Once central nervous system (CNS) involvement is documented, there is controversy regarding which therapeutic approaches are indicated to treat the CNS lesions and the systemic disease. We present a patient with lymphomatoid granulomatosis involving the pituitary hypophysis and review the literature to search for a consensus on the best treatment of CNS involvement.
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