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Sarcoidosis: Clinical, Hormonal, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Manifestations of Hypothalamic-Pituitary Disease in 9 Patients and Review of the Literature Medicine 86:259-268, Bihan,H.,et al, 2007 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Hormonal deficiencies associated with HP sarcoidosis frequently include hypogonadism (all patients) and to a lesser degree diabetes insipidus (7 of 9 patients). MRI abnormalities improved or disappeared in 7 cases under corticosteroid treatment, but most endocrine defects were irreversible despite regression of the granulomatous process. Most cases presented with multivisceral localizations and an abnormally high proportion of sinonasal localizations.

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