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Table 1 Histologic subtypes of hypophysitis and patient characteristics

From: Hypophysitis: Evaluation and Management

 

Gender predominance

Association with pregnancy

Mean age of presentation

Lymphocytic

Female, ~3:1

Yes

4th decade

Granulomatous

Female, ~3:1

No

5th decade

Xanthomatous

Female, ~3:1

No

4th decade

Plasmacytic (IgG4-related)

Male, ~2:1

No

7th decade

  1. Mixed histology is observed occasionally, and necrotizing hypophysitis has been proposed as an additional category. Data abstracted from references [20, 23, 25, 27, 66]