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Panhypopituitarism resulting from hodgkin's disease of the nasopharynx
Author(s) -
Bunick Elaine M.,
Hirsh Leonard F.,
Rose Leslie I.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197803)41:3<1134::aid-cncr2820410349>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - medicine , sella turcica , headaches , skull , pituitary gland , disease , pituitary disease , hypopituitarism , pituitary tumors , radiology , pathology , surgery , pediatrics , hormone
Nasopharyngeal involvement by Hodgkin's Disease is rare and may result in deafness, headaches, nasal obstructions and other symptoms. Compression of the pituitary gland with resultant panhypopituitarism has not been reported in nasopharyngeal Hodgkin's Disease. This paper documents a patient in whom Hodgkin's Disease of the nasopharynx eroded the bony sella turcica and compressed the pituitary gland causing anterior pituitary insufficiency. The patient presented with a skull x‐ray and history compatible with a pituitary neoplasm. The diagnosis was established only by surgical exploration.