Table 2.

Causes of CeH

Invasive and/or compressive lesions of the pituitary sella region	Pituitary macroadenomas Craniopharyngiomas Meningiomas or gliomas Rathke cleft cysts Metastatic seeding Carotid aneurysm
Iatrogenic causes	Cranial surgery or irradiation Drugs (e.g., rexinoids, mitotane)
Injuries	Head traumas Traumatic delivery
Vascular accidents	Pituitary infarction Sheehan syndrome Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Autoimmune diseases	Postpartum hypophysitis Lymphocytic hypophysitis
Infiltrative lesions	Iron overload Sarcoidosis Histiocytosis X
Inheritable defects	MPHDs or isolated CeH
Infective diseases	Tuberculosis Mycoses Syphilis