[Post-traumatic anterior pituitary insufficiency. Apropos of 2 cases].
Post-trauma hypopituitarism is rare. The frequency of pituitary lesions observed at autopsy contrasts with small number of clinical cases. We report two cases in a 38 and a 25-year-old patients who developed hypopituitarism two years after severe craniofacial trauma followed by early onset but transitory poluria-polydypsia. Hormone explorations confirmed pituitary deficiency. Neuroradiological imaging, especially magnetic resonance imaging was normal with no intrasellar arachnoidocele.
Doghri
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T
Service des Maladies Endocriniennes et Métaboliques, Institut National de Nutrition Bab Saadoun, Tunis.
Bouguerra
R
R
Ezzaouia
G
G
Ben Slama
C
C
Ladjimi
A
A
Ben Njima
S
S
D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000293:injuries*