Abstract
Background: Besides changes in pituitary hormones secretion observed during the acute phase of stroke as an adaptive response to injury or an effect of drugs, a true hypopituitarism due to ischemic and/or hemorrhagic damage at the hypothalamus and/or pituitary gland can develop after a stroke.
Case Report: We report a case of a 72-year-old woman showing clinical signs and laboratory data suggesting a secondary adrenal insufficiency following a recent acute brain ischemia. Cortisone therapy significantly improved this pituitary dysfunction.
Conclusions: Clinicians must pay attention to the hypothalamic-pituitary axis in neurocritical patients because hormonal replacement therapy may be life-saving.
Keywords: Adrenal insufficiency, hyponatremia, hypopituitarism, neuro-critical patients.
Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets
Title:Hypopituitarism in Neurocritical Patients: A Case Report
Volume: 16 Issue: 1
Author(s): Michele Iovino, Nicola Iovine, Fiorentino Mondillo, Edoardo Guastamacchia, Brunclla Licchelli, Vito A. Giagulli and Vincenzo Triggiani
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Keywords: Adrenal insufficiency, hyponatremia, hypopituitarism, neuro-critical patients.
Abstract: Background: Besides changes in pituitary hormones secretion observed during the acute phase of stroke as an adaptive response to injury or an effect of drugs, a true hypopituitarism due to ischemic and/or hemorrhagic damage at the hypothalamus and/or pituitary gland can develop after a stroke.
Case Report: We report a case of a 72-year-old woman showing clinical signs and laboratory data suggesting a secondary adrenal insufficiency following a recent acute brain ischemia. Cortisone therapy significantly improved this pituitary dysfunction.
Conclusions: Clinicians must pay attention to the hypothalamic-pituitary axis in neurocritical patients because hormonal replacement therapy may be life-saving.
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Iovino Michele, Iovine Nicola, Mondillo Fiorentino, Guastamacchia Edoardo, Licchelli Brunclla, A. Giagulli Vito and Triggiani Vincenzo, Hypopituitarism in Neurocritical Patients: A Case Report, Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets 2016; 16 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871530315666150930121912
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871530315666150930121912 |
Print ISSN 1871-5303 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2212-3873 |
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