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Lymphocytic hypophysitis complicated by post-partum haemorrhage
1Department of Anaesthesia, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
We report the anaesthetic management of a primiparous patient presenting in late pregnancy with rapidly progressive bitemporal hemianopia due to a pituitary mass caused by autoimmune hypophysitis. Caesarean section was complicated by post-partum haemorrhage. Anaesthesia is discussed together with a review of the literature on lymphocytic hypophysitis.
We report the anaesthetic management of a primiparous patient presenting in late pregnancy with rapidly progressive bitemporal hemianopia due to a pituitary mass caused by autoimmune hypophysitis. Caesarean section was complicated by post-partum haemorrhage. Anaesthesia is discussed together with a review of the literature on lymphocytic hypophysitis.

