RT Book, Section
A1 Melmed, Shlomo
A1 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
A2 Fauci, Anthony
A2 Kasper, Dennis
A2 Hauser, Stephen
A2 Longo, Dan
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
SR Print(0)
ID 1198715197
T1 Hypopituitarism
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 21e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264268504
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1198715197
RD 2023/12/11
AB Deficient  production  of  anterior  pituitary  hormones  leads  to  features  of  hypopituitarism.  Impaired  production  of  one  or  more  of  the  anterior  pituitary  trophic  hormones  can  result  from  inherited  disorders;  more  commonly,  adult  hypopituitarism  is  acquired  and  reflects  the  compressive  mass  effects  of  tumors  or  the  consequences  of  local  pituitary  or  hypothalamic  traumatic,  autoimmune,  inflammatory,  or  vascular  damage.  These  processes  also  may  impair  synthesis  or  secretion  of  hypothalamic  hormones,  with  resultant  pituitary  failure  (Table  379-1).