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ISOLATED ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIN DEFICIENCY AND EMPTY SELLA ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOTHYROIDISM
Author(s) -
STEPHENS W. P.,
GODDARD K. J.,
LAING I.,
ADAMS J. E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1985.tb00167.x
Subject(s) - medicine , citation , pediatrics , library science , computer science
A case of isolated ACTH deficiency is described. The patient had an empty sella and longstanding radio-iodine induced hypothyroidism. The association between isolated ACTH deficiency, empty sella and hypothyroidism is reviewed. It has not previously been recognized that the commonest endocrine association of isolated ACTH deficiency is primary thyroid failure. ACTH secretion does not recover following thyroxine replacement treatment.