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. 2020 May;24(5):350-352.
doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23422.

Hypopituitarism: A Rare but Often Neglected Condition

Divendu Bhushan  1 , Mukta Agarwal  2 , Rahul K Shukla  1
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Hypopituitarism: A Rare but Often Neglected Condition

Divendu Bhushan et al. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2020 May.

Abstract

Pituitary insufficiency is an uncommon disorder. The most common cause is compression due to a pituitary mass. Other causes include inflammatory damage and vascular injury like postpartum pituitary apoplexy. Postpartum pituitary apoplexy, also known as Sheehan's syndrome, leads to hormonal deficiencies and causes postpartum amenorrhea, lactational failure, chronic hyponatremia, hypoglycemia, and loss of secondary sexual characters. Here we are discussing the clinical course of 15 female patients of panhypopituitarism. Most of them had a history of postpartum hemorrhage. Knowledge about this entity is essential as it is a treatable condition and ignorance could prove to be fatal.

How to cite this article: Bhushan D, Agarwal M, Shukla RK. Hypopituitarism: A Rare but Often Neglected Condition. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(5):350-352.

Keywords: Lactation failure; Panhypopituitarism; Recurrent hyponatremia; Secondary amenorrhea..

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Presenting symptoms of the admitted patients through emergency room
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Figs 2A and B
(A) Patient at admission diagnosed to have hypopituitarism, had facial wrinkling, emotional liability; (B) 2 months after treatment
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