Punnose J, Agarwal MM, Premchandran JS. Transient diabetes insipidus and hypopituitarism after pituitary apoplexy: a rare association with pericardial effusion and painless thyroiditis.
Am J Med Sci 2000;
319:261-4. [PMID:
10768614 DOI:
10.1097/00000441-200004000-00012]
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Abstract
Pituitary apoplexy in a 38-year-old male patient with acromegaly who presented with pericardial effusion, anterior pituitary dysfunction, and diabetes insipidus is described. With corticosteroid therapy, there was good initial recovery of pituitary function and regression of pericardial effusion. On withdrawal of corticosteroids, he developed painless thyroiditis, with transient thyrotoxicosis. Subsequently, the pituitary function tests remained normal for a year, but later he gradually developed hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, hypocortisolism, growth hormone deficiency, and progressive pituitary atrophy, resulting in empty sella syndrome.
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