Table 2.

Reports of autoimmune hypophysitis with extra-pituitary spread over the cavernous sinus

Literature	Age/sex	Chief complaint	Organ of inflammatory spread	Remarks
Fujisawa, 2009 [9]	49/F	Diabetes insipidus, retroorbital pain, diplopia, anterior pituitary hypofunction	Bilateral ICA occlusion	Steroid therapy
Demetri et al., 2010 [10]	29/F	Headache, visual disturbance	Isolated sphenoidal mucosa	Subtotal removal
Melgar et al., 2006 [11]	38/F	Severe headache, cerebral ischemia	Bilateral ICA occlusion	ECA-ICA bypass
Thodou et al., 1995 [12]	18/F	Severe headache, diabetes insipidus	Basal hypothalamus
Zoeller et al., 2012 [13]	41/M	Optic neuritis, fatigue, loss of libido	Unilateral ICA stenosis	Past history of optic neuritis, steroid
Present Case 1	60/F	Rapid visual deterioration, masked diabetes insipidus	Bilateral hypothalami	Steroid pulse therapy
Present Case 2	53/F	Severe retroorbital pain	Unilateral ICA stenosis	Steroid pulse therapy
Present Case 3	27/F	Headache, fatigue, diabetes insipidus	Extradural sphenoidal mucosa	Past history of germinoma, steroid pulse therapy

F, Female; M, Male; ICA, Internal carotid artery; ECA, External carotid artery.