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Case Reports
. 1979 Oct;42(10):955-9.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.42.10.955.

Bullet injury to the pituitary gland: a rare cause of panhypopituitarism

I S Salti, F S Haddad, Z N Amiri, A A Khalil, A A Akar
Case Reports

Bullet injury to the pituitary gland: a rare cause of panhypopituitarism

I S Salti et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1979 Oct.

Abstract

An unusual case of head injury with a direct bullet injury to the pituitary gland is described. The hormonal profile one month after the injury showed severe panhypopituitatism which did not improve one month after surgical removal of the intrasellar bullet fragment.

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