Table 2.
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 |