An elderly patient with sarcoidosis manifesting panhypopituitarism with central diabetes insipidus

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 425-430

  Miyoshi, Tomoko ^a   Otsuka, Fumio ^a   Takeda, Masaya ^a   Inagaki, Kenichi ^a   Otani, Hiroyuki ^a   Ogura, Toshio ^a   Ichiki, Ken ^b   Amano, Tetsuki ^b   Makino, Hirofumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aioi City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central diabetes insipidus; Hypophysitis; Lymphocytic infundibuloneurohypophysitis; Neurosarcoidosis; Panhypopituitarism; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DESMOPRESSIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FATIGUE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFUNDIBULUM; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYURIA; SARCOIDOSIS; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SUPPLEMENTATION; THIRST; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

AGED; DEAMINO ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEUROGENIC; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; THYROXINE;

EID: 34547115240     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K06-161     Document Type: Article

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