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Cholestasis and hypercalcemia secondary to panhypopituitarism in a newborn
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2017 Cholestatic hepatitis and hypercalcemia are rare features of hypopituitarism in newborns. So diagnosis of hypopituitarism is frequently delayed.
Fatma Dursun +2 more
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The 'incidentaloma' of the pituitary gland. Is neurosurgery required? [PDF]
, 1990 We describe a series of 18 patients with an intrasellar mass incidentally discovered by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. The average size of the mass was 13 mm, with a range from 5 to 25 mm.
Allolio, Bruno +4 more
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Advances in understanding hypopituitarism [version 1; referees: 2 approved]
F1000Research, 2017 The understanding of hypopituitarism has increased over the last three years. This review provides an overview of the most important recent findings. Most of the recent research in hypopituitarism has focused on genetics.
Mareike R. Stieg +3 more
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Acute Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency Misdiagnosed as Acute Cholecystitis
Case Reports in Endocrinology, 2021 Hypopituitarism refers to insufficient secretion of the pituitary hormones. Patients with acute adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency may be presented with fatigue, dizziness, orthostatic hypotension, hypoglycemia, nausea, vomiting, or ...
Moslem Sedaghattalab +1 more
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Human Pancreas GH-Releasing Factor Analog Restores High-Amplitude GH Pulses in CNS Lesion-Induced GH Deficiency [PDF]
, 1983 Lesions of the ventromedial-arcuate (VMH-ARC) region of the hypothalamus result in impaired growth accompanied by a marked suppression in spontaneous GH secretory bursts. We studied the effects of an analog of the recently characterized human pancreas GH-
Eikelboom, Rudy +2 more
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Endocrine Connections, 2019 Aim: Congenital hypopituitarism has an incidence of 1:3500–10,000 births and is defined by the impaired production of pituitary hormones. Early diagnosis has an impact on management and genetic counselling.
Marilena Nakaguma +12 more
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Growth hormone deficiency during young adulthood and the benefits of growth hormone replacement [PDF]
, 2016 Until quite recently, the management of children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) had focussed on the use of recombinant human GH (rhGH) therapy to normalise final adult height.
Ahmed, S.F. +3 more
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Hyponatremia as a leading sign of hypopituitarism
Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports, 2017 We report the case of a 67-year-old man admitted to our hospital in an obtunded state. We found that a severe hyponatremia (115 mEq/L) was the cause of patient's status. In turn, hyponatremia was due to hypopituitarism (nonfunctioning macroadenoma). Mild
Antonino Catalano, MD, PhD +6 more
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Introduction: Hypopituitarism is a rare, often underdiagnosed, complex hormonal disease caused by the decreased secretion of one or more hormones in the pituitary gland.
Árpád Kormányos +6 more
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Hypopituitarism: A Sequela of Severe Hypoxic Encephalopathy
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2006 Central diabetes insipidus (DI) is an established phenomenon after hypoxic encephalopathy or brain death, but hypopituitarism is seldom described. This study investigated the characteristics of 11 patients with DI and hypopituitarism which developed ...
Deng-Huang Su
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