title: Pituitary insufficiency after penetrating injury to the sella turcica.
abstract: We report a 28-year-old male patient with a pituitary insufficiency after a simple fracture of the sella turcica. He was injured by a long nail that punctured the lower jaw. No fracture other than that of the sella turcica was detected. An endocrinological examination revealed both anterior and pituitary dysfunction and diabetes insipidus that continued for about two months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Tama City, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kusanagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kogure
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teramoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003252:Construction Materials; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000293:injuries*; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin