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Diagnostic criteria for clinical diagnosis were: a) MRI findings compatible with primary hypophysitis; b) course of disease excluding other differential diagnoses. Mean duration of follow-up was 69 months.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Results Female sex was predominant (73%). Fatigue (52%), headache (38%) and diabetes insipidus (38%) were the most frequent symptoms. 42% had a concomitant autoimmune disease. The corticotropic, thyrotropic, gonadotropic, somatotropic axis was impaired in 67%, 57%, 52%, 20%, respectively. Men had a higher number of impaired hormone axes (p=0.022) with the gonadotropic axis being affected more frequently in men (p=0.001). Infundibular thickening (56%) and space occupying lesions (46%) were typical MRI findings. Pituitary size was frequently enlarged at presentation (37%) but diminished during observation (p=0.029). Histopathologically and clinically diagnosed cases did not differ.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Conclusions The cohort of clinically diagnosed patients did not differ from our histopathologically diagnosed patients or from published cohorts with predominantly surgical patients. 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