Pituitary apoplexy after subtotal thyroidectomy in an acromegalic patient with a large goiter.
A case of pituitary apoplexy occurring after subtotal thyroidectomy in an acromegalic woman with a large adenomatous goiter is described. The patient had severe apnea because the large goiter was causing airway compression. Prior to the planned hypophysectomy, a subtotal thyroidectomy was performed to relieve tracheal stenosis. Shortly after the operation, the patient developed a headache that lasted for several days. The serum levels of growth hormone and somatomedin-C spontaneously normalized seventeen days after this episode and have remained normal for two years. Pituitary apoplexy was thought to have caused the observed results without deterioration of the pituitary function.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Asahi General Hospital, Chiba.
Nobori
M
M
Miyauchi
Y
Y
Ohnisi
M
M
Yoshida
S
S
Oya
S
S
Tomita
S
S
Kino
T
T
D000172:Acromegaly / Q000150:complications*; D000236:Adenoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000150:complications*; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000098:blood supply; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013965:Thyroidectomy
D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I