The study describes a rare type of blood‑vessel‑based lymphoma that can affect the pituitary gland, causing hormone problems that can improve after chemotherapy. It does not discuss the peptide GHRP‑2 or any health‑boosting protocol.

Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) is a rare and aggressive type of B-cell lymphoma with large cells growing within the lumen of blood vessels. Although previous reports revealed highly variable symptoms resulting from small-vessel occlusion by neoplastic cells in a variety of organs, there are few reports of IVLBCL with pituitary involvement. We present a case of IVLBCL with pituitary infiltration from our institution together with a literature review of similar cases to better understand this rare case of IVLBCL involving the pituitary gland. Our case and the pertinent literature demonstrated that IVLBCL with pituitary involvement predominantly occurred in women at a mean age of 64 years, and most of them showed panhypopituitarism that was reversible after standard therapy of rituximab-containing chemotherapy with intrathecal methotrexate. Notably, the pituitary biopsy in our case revealed that atypical large B-cells found within blood vessels and the pituitary gland were negative for intercellular adhesion molecule 1. Intercellular adhesion molecule 1-negative lymphoid cells may have contributed to panhypopituitarism by extravasation into the pituitary tissues, which do not have a blood-brain barrier and receive abundant blood flow. IVLBCL of the pituitary gland is a rare lymphoma with nonspecific manifestations and a dismal prognosis. Recognition of the clinicopathological features is necessary for early clinical diagnosis and appropriate treatment.