Hypopituitarism

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Hypopituitarism

Causes

  • Congenital
  • Infective
    • Basal Meningitis
    • Encephalitis
    • Syphilis
  • Vascular
    • Pituitary apoplexy
    • Sheehan's syndrome
    • Carotid artery aneurysms
  • Immunological
    • pituitary antibodies
  • Neoplastic
    • Pituitary / hypothalamic tumours
    • Craniopharyngioma
    • meningioma
    • glioma
    • pinealoma
    • secondary deposits (breast)
    • lymphoma
  • Traumatic
    • fracture through base of skull
    • surgery
    • perinatal trauma
  • Infiltrations
    • sarcoidosis
    • Langerhan's cell histiocytosis
    • hereditary haemochromatosis
    • hypophysitis
      • postpartum
      • lymphocytic
      • giant cell
  • others
    • radiation
    • fibrosis
    • chemotherapy
    • empty sella syndrome
  • 'Functional'
    • anorexia nervosa
    • starvation
    • emotional deprivation

Clinical Features

 

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