[Hypoglycemia caused by anterior pituitary insufficiency associated with pulmonary fibrosis. Apropos of a case].
The authors report the case of a young man with dissociated anterior pituitary insufficiency affecting somatotropic and corticotropic functions, presenting as hypoglycaemia as a result of the deficiencies mentioned, primary hypothyroidism and, in addition, pulmonary fibrosis of uncertain aetiology, pulmonary biopsy not having been carried out. The aetiology of this double pulmonary and endocrine involvement is presumably the same. Sarcoidosis seems unlikely, whilst histiocytosis X with pulmonary, anterior pituitary and/or hypothalamic and thyroid involvement is much more probable.
D000328:Adult; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000209:etiology*; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000150:complications; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology
Hypoglycémie par insuffisance antéhypophysaire associée à une fibrose pulmonaire. A propos d'un cas