Open AccessPituitary apoplexy presenting as panhypopituitarism
Author(s) -
Dinesh Kumar,
Manavdeep Kaur,
Gursimran Kaur
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences (ijhs) (en línea)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-6978
pISSN - 2550-696X
DOI - 10.53730/ijhs.v6ns3.5870
Subject(s) - hypopituitarism , pituitary apoplexy , medicine , anterior pituitary , pituitary gland , surgery , hormone , pituitary adenoma , adenoma
Hypopituitarism is defined as deficiency of all anterior pituitary hormone1. Panhypopituitarism is defined when there is deficiency of both anterior and posterior pituitary hormone. In this case report our 50 year old male diagnosed with pituitary apoplexy (bleeding in rathke’s pouch) started on intravenous steroids and later on oral steroids and he started improving clinically.