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. 2019 Jan 15;8(2):R44–R54. doi: 10.1530/EC-18-0515

Table 2.

Causes of acquired CeH forms.

Invasive and/or compressive lesion of the sella turcica region Pituitary macroadenomas
Craniopharyngiomas
Meningiomas and gliomas
Rathke cleft cysts
Metastatic seeding
Carotid aneurysm
Iatrogenic causes Cranial surgery or irradiation
Drugs (e.g., rexinoids or mitotane)
Injuries Head trauma
Traumatic delivery
Vascular accidents Pituitary infarction
Sheenan syndrome
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Autoimmune disease Lymphocytic hypophysitis (including the forms induced in post-partum or during therapy with check-point inhibitors)
Infiltrative lesions Iron overload
Sarcoidosis
Histiocytosis X
Infective diseases Tuberculosis
Mycoses
Syphilis