TY - JOUR
T1 - Transient diabetes insipidus and hypopituitarism after pituitary apoplexy
T2 - A rare association with pericardial effusion and painless thyroiditis
AU - Punnose, John
AU - Agarwal, M. M.
AU - Premchandran, J. S.
PY - 2000/4
Y1 - 2000/4
N2 - Pituitary apoplexy in a 38-year-old male patient with acromegaly who presented with pericardial effusion, anterior pituitary dysfunction, and diabetes insipidus is described. With corticosteroid therapy, there was good initial recovery of pituitary function and regression of pericardial effusion. On withdrawal of corticosteroids, he developed painless thyroiditis, with transient thyrotoxicosis. Subsequently, the pituitary function tests remained normal for a year, but later he gradually developed hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, hypocortisolism, growth hormone deficiency, and progressive pituitary atrophy, resulting in empty sella syndrome.
AB - Pituitary apoplexy in a 38-year-old male patient with acromegaly who presented with pericardial effusion, anterior pituitary dysfunction, and diabetes insipidus is described. With corticosteroid therapy, there was good initial recovery of pituitary function and regression of pericardial effusion. On withdrawal of corticosteroids, he developed painless thyroiditis, with transient thyrotoxicosis. Subsequently, the pituitary function tests remained normal for a year, but later he gradually developed hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, hypocortisolism, growth hormone deficiency, and progressive pituitary atrophy, resulting in empty sella syndrome.
KW - Acromegaly
KW - Hypopituitarism
KW - Painless thyroiditis
KW - Pericardial effusion
KW - Pituitary apoplexy
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U2 - 10.1097/00000441-200004000-00012
DO - 10.1097/00000441-200004000-00012
M3 - Article
C2 - 10768614
AN - SCOPUS:0034044612
SN - 0002-9629
VL - 319
SP - 261
EP - 264
JO - American Journal of the Medical Sciences
JF - American Journal of the Medical Sciences
IS - 4
ER -