Clinicians should periodically assess patients after transsphenoidal adenomectomy given that recovery of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis can occur as late as 12 months postsurgery.
A 56-year-old man with a history of melanoma and a recent diagnosis of hypothyroidism was referred to the emergency department after complaints of significant fatigue and headache.
Men with central diabetes insipidus have reduced plasma oxytocin levels and increased psychopathology.
Chronic hypopituitarism was noted in 44% of US veterans with mild traumatic brain injury.
The Endocrine Society has issued a clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly.
Proton irradiation is an effective treatment for functional pituitary adenomas, and hypopituitarism remains the primary adverse effect.
