From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Clin Nucl Med. 2018 Apr;43(4):284-286. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001981.
Immunotherapy-induced hypophysitis presents with headache, fatigue, and visual disturbances. The diagnosis is supported by imaging findings of pituitary swelling, enhancement, and hypermetabolism and established by low levels of pituitary hormones. A 64-year-old man with metastatic melanoma on nivolumab presented with a severe headache, initially attributed to sinus disease. Contrast CT was interpreted as minor sinus disease and no pituitary abnormality. Hypophysitis was eventually diagnosed and successfully treated based on PET and laboratory findings. Our retrospective analysis demonstrated abnormal convex superior pituitary border visible on contrast and noncontrast CT and PET. This feature may aid diagnosis in the challenging cases.
免疫治疗引起的垂体炎表现为头痛、疲劳和视力障碍。诊断依据为垂体肿胀、增强和高代谢的影像学发现,并结合垂体激素水平降低来确定。一名 64 岁男性患有转移性黑色素瘤,正在接受纳武单抗治疗,他出现了严重的头痛,最初归因于鼻窦疾病。对比 CT 被解读为轻微的鼻窦疾病,没有垂体异常。最终根据 PET 和实验室结果诊断为垂体炎,并成功进行了治疗。我们的回顾性分析显示,在对比和非对比 CT 和 PET 上可见异常的凸向上垂体边缘。该特征可能有助于诊断具有挑战性的病例。