Pituitary gland emergencies

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serval:BIB_39EBF75E93AA
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Pituitary gland emergencies
Journal
Bailliere's Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Author(s)
Gaillard  R. C.
ISSN
0950-351X (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/1992
Volume
6
Number
1
Pages
57-75
Notes
Journal Article
Review --- Old month value: Jan
Abstract
Emergencies in pituitary disease are not common. They can result from the failure of the pituitary gland to secrete one or more pituitary hormones, or from neuro-ophthalmological symptoms due to the mass effect of an expanding hypothalamic-pituitary tumour. Loss of hormone secretion, particularly ACTH and, to a lesser extent, TSH, can rapidly become life-threatening and requires urgent replacement therapy. Acute severe hypopituitarism should be vigorously treated as an emergency with a glucocorticoid preparation. Neuro-ophthalmological symptoms such as visual impairment, sudden onset of severe headache and alteration of the level of consciousness should prompt appropriate radiological investigations, since this may well call for emergency surgery.
Keywords
Acute Disease Emergencies Humans Hypopituitarism/diagnosis/etiology/therapy Pituitary Apoplexy/diagnosis Pituitary Diseases/diagnosis/etiology/*therapy Pituitary Neoplasms/diagnosis
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Web of science
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