Clinical manifestations of hypopituitarism - UpToDate
2024年5月28日 · Damage to the anterior pituitary can occur suddenly or slowly, can be mild or severe, and can affect the secretion of one, several, or all of its hormones. As a result, the clinical presentation of anterior pituitary hormone deficiencies varies, depending upon the following factors (see "Causes of hypopituitarism" ):
Hypopituitarism: What It Is, Symptoms & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
2024年10月7日 · Hypopituitarism is a rare condition in which there’s a deficiency of one, multiple or all of the hormones made by your pituitary gland. It happens when there’s a disorder of or damage to your pituitary gland or hypothalamus. Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment depend on which hormones are lacking. What is hypopituitarism?
Hypopituitarism - Endocrine Society
2022年1月24日 · Hypopituitarism (also called pituitary insufficiency) is a rare condition in which the pituitary gland doesn't make enough of certain hormones. Hypopituitarism can develop suddenly after surgery, injury, or bleeding, or very slowly, over several months or …
Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypopituitarism - PMC
Hypopituitarism is a chronic endocrine illness that caused by varied etiologies. Clinical manifestations of hypopituitarism are variable, often insidious in onset and dependent on the degree and severity of hormone deficiency. However, it is …
Autoimmune Pituitary Disease: New Concepts With Clinical …
2019年9月12日 · Lymphocytic hypophysitis, the most common form of primary hypophysitis, was initially characterized by lymphocytic infiltration and pituitary enlargement followed by pituitary cell destruction .
Autoimmune hypophysitis - Wikipedia
Autoimmune attack of the pituitary gland resulting in reduced hormone production was first discovered as a result of an autopsy in 1962. The autopsy described destruction of the pituitary and thyroid consistent with autoimmune attack and included atrophy of the adrenal glands. [16]
Hypopituitarism - Endotext - NCBI Bookshelf
2022年11月27日 · Hypopituitarism is described as partial or complete loss of isolated or combined deficits of pituitary hormones. The clinical presentation of this condition varies depending on the age of onset, underlying cause of the disease, severity of …
Hypopituitarism (Panhypopituitarism): Practice Essentials ...
Causes of hypopituitarism include pituitary adenomas or other intrasellar and parasellar tumors, inflammatory and infectious destruction, surgical removal, radiation-induced destruction of...
Hypopituitarism - The Lancet
2016年11月12日 · Hypopituitarism is associated with excess mortality, a key risk factor being cortisol deficiency due to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency. Onset can be acute or insidious, and the most common cause in adulthood is a pituitary adenoma, or treatment with pituitary surgery or radiotherapy.
Hypopituitarism | MedLink Neurology
Direct destruction of the pituitary frequently occurs as a complication of surgical treatment of pituitary lesions and often produces hormonal deficiencies of growth hormone and the gonadotropins. Anterior hypopituitarism is a common result of radiation therapy, especially when delivered for treatment of pituitary tumors.