Reversible panhypopituitarism due to Cushing's syndrome.
A patient developed reversible panhypopituitarism due to an adrenal adenoma causing Cushing's syndrome. After removal of the adrenal adenoma, thyroid-stimulating hormone, corticotropin, growth hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, and prolactin responses to various stimuli recovered completely. The reversible panhypopituitarism of this patient may have occurred at the level of the pituitary gland as a result of hypercortisolemia.
Watanabe
K
K
Department of Internal Medicine, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, Tochigi, Japan.
Adachi
A
A
Nakamura
R
R
D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000209:etiology*; D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior / Q000378:metabolism
D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior