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Hypopituitarism
Hypopituitarism and Cushing syndrome linked to adrenocortical carcinoma
July 4th, 2005
Researchers presented a case of postpartum hypopituitarism and Cushing syndrome that resulted from adrenocortical carcinoma. "Sheehan syndrome frequently causes hypopituitarism either immediately or after a delay of several years, depending on the degrees of postpartum ischemic pituitary necrosis. A 55 year-old woman whose last child was born 27 yr ago with massive hemorrhage was diagnosed as postpartum hypopituitarism," scientists writing in the Endocrine Journal reported. "She had deficiency of growth hormone, prolactin, gonadotropins and thyrotropin. However, she interestingly had apparent hypercortisolism without suppression response to...
Source: OBGYN & Reproduction Week (2005-07-04)
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