Anterior Pituitary Function in Cerebrovascular Disease

Pituitary apoplexy after combined test of anterior pituitary function.

Anterior Pituitary Function in Women with Postpartum Hemorrhage

Thirteen asymptomatic women with postpartum blood loss of at least 500 cc were evaluated for anterior pituitary endocrine function. Insulin tolerance tests and TRH stimulation tests were done and determinations made for serum growth hormone, cortisol, thyrotropin, and prolactin. There was no laboratory evidence of pituitary dysfunction in this group of 13 patients. Subclinical hypopituitarism i...

Anterior pituitary function after adrenalectomy in patients with Cushing's syndrome.

We assessed anterior pituitary function in five patients with Cushing's syndrome before and after the removal of cortisol-secreting adrenal adenomas. Before surgery, all patients lacked response of growth hormone to hypoglycaemia, four had low responses of thyrotrophin to thyrotrophin releasing hormone, three had hypogonadism and two had low prolactin reserve. After successful removal of the ad...

Combined test of anterior pituitary function in children.

A combined test of anterior pituitary function was used on 21 normal children. It shows that a comprehensive evaluation can be made of growth hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, and gonadotrophin reserve. Simultaneous assessment of those peripheral glands associated with the anterior pituitary is possible by the measurement of thyroid hormones, cortisol, and gona...

Anterior pituitary function in Cushing's syndrome: study of 36 patients.

We studied the anterior pituitary function in 36 patients (25 females and 11 males, mean age: 35 years) with untreated Cushing's syndrome by simultaneous triple stimulus with insulin, TRH and LHRH. Thirty-one patients (86%) had Cushing's disease and five (14%) had an adrenal adenoma. We observed a lack of response of GH to hypoglycemia in 88%, TSH to TRH in 91%, LH to LHRH in 30%, FSH to LHRH i...