adenohypophysitis
Findings
No curated finding names adenohypophysitis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare, acquired pituitary hormone deficiency characterized by an inflammation of anterior pituitary with varying degrees of pituitary hormonal impairment and/or with symptoms related to pituitary enlargement. Clinical presentation is variable and includes headaches, visual disturbances, symptoms of adrenal insufficiency, hyperprolactinemia, hypothyroidism and hypogonadism. It most commonly affects young women during pregnancy or postpartum period.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019838), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
32 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- PanhypopituitarismHPOHP:0000871
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormal size of pituitary glandHPOHP:0012504
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal thalamic MRI signal intensityHPOHP:0012696
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiencyHPOHP:0011748
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Adrenocorticotropin deficient adrenal insufficiencyHPOHP:0011735
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- AmenorrheaHPOHP:0000141
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
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- Gonadotropin deficiencyHPOHP:0008213
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- HeadacheHPOHP:0002315
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- HyposthenuriaHPOHP:0003158
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- ImpotenceHPOHP:0000802
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Increased circulating prolactin concentrationHPOHP:0000870
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- NauseaHPOHP:0002018
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
- Located in (Mondo)
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: adenohypophysitis
- Also called
- adenohypophysis inflammationanterior pituitary hypophysitis