Mepolizumab as an effective treatment in a case of hypophysitis in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Authors
- J. Chen
- T. Alexander
- T. Walter-Rittel
- A. Ziagaki
- V. Siffrin
Journal
- Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
Citation
- Ther Adv Neurol Disord 16: 17562864231182519
Abstract
Granulomatosis or eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA/EGPA) can affect multiple organs resulting in heterogeneous symptoms and phenotypes. Pituitary gland dysfunction rarely occurs in GPA (1–3%) and even less in EGPA (two case reports). Here, we report a case of a 51-year-old female patient with a four-year history of EGPA who presented with new polydipsia and polyuria. Laboratory testing and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed pituitary gland dysfunction caused by a hypophysitis. Therapeutic adjustment with a switch from dupilumab to mepolizumab resulted in a decrease in clinical symptoms, inflammation in MRI, and normalization of C-reactive protein in serum. This case underlines hypophysitis as a rare organ involvement also in EGPA. Moreover, this case demonstrates the responsiveness of neuroinflammatory manifestations to the recently approved anti-interleukin-5 monoclonal antibody mepolizumab as a new potential treatment option.