pituitary insufficiency

pituitary insufficiency

Endocrinology A condition in which the pituitary fails to produce enough of one or more hormones. See Pituitary apoplexy, Pituitary infarction.
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The post operative anterior pituitary dysfunction results from excessive aspiration of the sella, inappropriate manipulation and removal of the normal gland along with the adenoma as well as damage due to the bipolar coagulation.20 In the macroadenoma, the rest of the pituitary land is compressed and thinned thus making it difficult to differentiate adenoma from the normal gland and may result in its damage.21 Post operative new anterior pituitary insufficiency affecting one axis or more than one axis was observed in 60% to 14% by Gondim et al.
Endoscopic Trans-Sphenoidal surgery: Efficacy and response in pituitary adenoma
Ishii et al., "A case of IgG4-related hypophysitis without pituitary insufficiency," The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, vol.
Hypophyseal Involvement in Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease: A Retrospective Study from a Single Tertiary Center
Our patient suffered from both neurotoxic and hematotoxic features immediately after the event and presented 4 weeks later with features of pituitary insufficiency. Our patient developed syndrome 5, as per the criterion given by WHO in 2010.
Pituitary apoplexy--a rare and unusual complication following viper bite
Also, posterior lobe pituitary insufficiency was confirmed with levels of vasopressin and copeptin [3] in the low-normal range at the presence of high urine output with a low urine osmolality and high serum sodium (for detailed laboratory values, see Table 1).
Acute-Onset Panhypopituitarism Nearly Missed by Initial Cosyntropin Testing
Patients with suprasellar lesions commonly present with visual field defects, pituitary insufficiency, and symptoms of raised intracranial pressure.
An Infrasellar Craniopharyngioma Involving the Sphenoid Sinus and Clivus
CONSEQUENCES: Pituitary insufficiency may have serious consequences, possibly aggravating the physical and neuropsychiatric morbidity observed after TBI:
Neuroendocrine disturbances following head injuries
Although the most common presentation is a pituitary insufficiency in both of these lymphomas, hypopituitarism is seen more often in PPL (73.7%) than SPL (41.2%), but there is no statistically significant difference.
Malignant lymphoma in the parasellar region
Other common space-occupying effects of intracranial aneurysm include visual field deficits (contralateral homonymous hemianopia) in relation to compression of the optic tract, mental derangements if the aneurysm compresses the mammillary bodies, and pituitary insufficiency if the aneurysm grows into the sella turcica [5].
Posterior communicating artery aneurysm presenting with writing apraxia
PA often occurs spontaneously in pituitary macroadenomas and may be associated with varying degrees of pituitary insufficiency (2).
Spontaneous remission of acromegaly following subclinical pituitary apoplexy/Subklinik hipofizer apopleksiyi takiben spontan remisyona giren akromegali
(3) A life-threatening pituitary insufficiency or an acute adrenal crisis may occur.
Acute pituitary apoplexy complicating a pituitary macroadenoma
The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis is a diagnosis of exclusion that can be established only if diuretic use and adrenal, thyroid, and pituitary insufficiency are excluded.
Severe hyponatremia with high urine sodium and osmolality

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