Open AccessPanhypopituitarism due to Transection of the Pituitary Stalk Diagnosed Nine Years after Traumatic Brain Injury
Author(s) -
Toshiyuki Kobayashi,
Takenori Hibino,
Tsuyoshi Odai,
Kanami Waki,
Yumemi Hasegawa,
Naoki Gocho
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
archives of case reports in clinical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2469-5173
DOI - 10.19104/crcm.2016.119
Subject(s) - pituitary stalk , traumatic brain injury , medicine , surgery , pituitary gland , hypopituitarism , psychiatry , hormone
Traumatic brain injury is frequently involved in cases of hypopituitarism. We report a case of panhypopituitarism due to transection of the pituitary stalk that we diagnosed 9 years after the traumatic brain injury. If a patient develops unexplained or non-specific symptoms, the physician should consider the possibility of hypopituitarism.
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