An unusual case of hypopituitarism and transient thyrotoxicosis following asymptomatic pituitary apoplexy

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 342-346

  Yoshida, Masanori ^a   Ueda, Miho Murakami Harumi ^a   Miyata, Misaki ^a   Takahashi, Norio ^a   Oiso, Yutaka ^b  

^a NAGOYA EKISAIKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Cortisol; Hyperthyroidism; Hypopituitarism; Painless thyroiditis; Pituitary apoplexy; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL DISORDER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; HYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 84922574204     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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