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A 47-year-old woman complaining of cold intolerance, general weakness and amenorrhea of 10 months duration was diagnosed, by endocrine examinations, as having panhypopituitarism. Skull x-ray films revealed a slightly enlarged sella with double floor sign and MRI showed a low intensity mass in the
We report a 22-year-old woman who presented with asthenia, weight loss and hypotension in which extensive pituitary and adrenal investigations were diagnostic of isolated adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency (IAD) of pituitary origin. Magnetic resonance imaging of the hypothalamus and pituitary
This report describes a 31-year-old woman with evidences of selective adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency associated with a remarkable pituitary lesion, lymphoid hypophysitis. Clinical manifestations of secondary hypocortisolism, which first appeared during the immediate postpartum period
Recently developed immunotherapeutic agents, like anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 antibody (CTLA4), anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD1) or anti-programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PDL1), have demonstrated substantial potential for the treatment of a variety of malignancies. Autoimmune side effects
The misdiagnosis of hypopituitarism is common due to its rarity and its nonspecific clinical manifestations. Our case report highlights the importance of critical evaluation regarding hypopituitarism as a cause of recurrent hypoglycemia, hyponatremia, and gastrointestinal symptoms in A 68-year-old man was hospitalized in August, 1990 with general malaise, loss of energy, poor appetite and severe depression. He had experienced depressed moods, markedly diminished interest, feelings of worthlessness, diminished ability to think, general malaise and muscle weakness beginning in
To report an unusual case of biopsy-proven autoimmune hypophysitis with predominant hypothalamic involvement associated with empty sella, panhypopituitarism, visual disturbances and antipituitary antibodies positivity. We present the history, physical findings, hormonal assay results, imaging,
Isolated ACTH deficiency (IAD) is a rare disorder, characterized by secondary adrenal insufficiency (AI) with low or absent cortisol production, normal secretion of pituitary hormones other than ACTH and the absence of structural pituitary defects. In adults, IAD may appear after a traumatic injury
Primary hypophysitis (PH) is a rare clinical entity characterized by inflammatory infiltration of the pituitary gland with various degrees of pituitary dysfunction.
OBJECTIVE
To present a complicated case of aggressive PH with bilateral cavernous sinuses infiltration, successfully treated with