Stiff-person like syndrome in a patient with multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies.
A patient with long-standing, occult pituitary insufficiency, who developed painful muscle stiffness and superimposed spasms, closely resembling stiff-person syndrome, was described. Complete resolution of neuromuscular symptoms with hormone replacement in this case, as well as in a previously reported one, led to the suggestion that a syndrome like stiff-person could represent a rare consequence of multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies.
Chroni
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Department of Neurology, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Papadimitriou
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Avramidis
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Terentiou
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AE
Tzioras
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Divari
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R
D005260:Female; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010907:Pituitary Hormones / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016750:Stiff-Person Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D010907:Pituitary Hormones