Hypopituitarism is a clinical syndrome characterized by deficiency of pituitary hormone production. Disorders that involve pituitary gland, hypothalamus, or surrounding structures may cause it. Panhypopituitarism refers to involvement of all pituitary hormones; usually, only 1 or more pituitary hormones are involved, resulting in isolated or partial hypopituitarism. Hypopituitarism is an uncomm...

Russell's viper envenomation and its related complications, especially acute kidney injury, is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical developing countries of South Asia. Unusual complications, especially hypopituitarism, are rare and probably missed due to lack of clinical suspicion and diagnostic facilities. We report a rare presentation of growth retardation resulting from ...

Studies of gastric acid secretion and mucosal appearances have been made in a group of 14 patients suffering from hypopituitarism. Achlorhydria was found in six of the patients suffering from Addison's disease but in only one patient suffering from hypopituitarism. In both groups the mean gastric secretion of hydrochloric acid was considerably lower than in a group of control subjects and repla...

Hypopituitarism is not a common cause of delayed puberty. A 22 year old man was referred to our clinic because of the absence of the development of secondary sexual characteristics. The patient had no complaints of physical discomfort. Random serum testosterone and luteinizing hormone level were obtained and found to be low. The combined pituitary function stimulation test revealed a partial hy...

Congenital hypopituitarism may present with non-specific symptoms, so it is difficult to diagnose in newborn infants. If hypopituitarism cannot be recognized, recurrent hypoglycemia can occur, leading to permanent brain damage. At 14 hours of age, a 2.9 kg, female infant, born at 35 weeks of gestation, presented with respiratory distress caused by hypoglycemia. She had no risk factor to develop...

Hypopituitarism is a condition characterized by dysfunction of the pituitary gland hormone production. The insults of the perinatal period, which includes the late infection by Group B Streptococcus, consists in a rare etiology of this condition. We present the case of a 39-days-old infant with meningitis caused by Streptococcus Group B, which showed, among other consequences, hypopituitarism.

Snake venom can cause local tissue damage and lead to coagulopathy, shock, neurotoxicity and acute kidney injury. Hypopituitarism is a rare complication following snake bite. It has been described following Russell's viper bite from Burma and South India. Herein we describe a patient who presented with severe thyrotoxicosis and partial hypopituitarism following snake bite.

BACKGROUND Lymphocytic hypophysitis is a disorder of the pituitary gland that presents as a sellar mass lesion and/or hypopituitarism. It causes pituicyte destruction and hypopituitarism and is speculated to have an autoimmune basis. DIAGNOSIS Lymphocytic hypophysitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pituitary masses and/or hypopituitarism in females who are pregnant or i...

BACKGROUND Hypopituitarism in the absence of a history of pituitary pathology or abnormal pituitary imaging is rare. AIM To identify the cause of hypopituitarism in individuals in whom pituitary imaging was normal. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of electronic patient record. METHOD A review of the pituitary function in the 506 patients on the Morriston Hospital pituitary database revealed ...