hypopituitarism in English

noun
1
diminished hormone secretion by the pituitary gland, causing dwarfism in children and premature aging in adults.
Patients with intracranial germinoma at other locations may present with diabetes insipidus, hypopituitarism , and Perinaud syndrome.

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1. In hypopituitarism, a decreased reactivity indicates an adrenocorticotrophic insufficiency.

2. One has to accept an unavoidable rate of additional adrenocorticotropic hypopituitarism in the long term.

3. Azoospermia • Pretesticular—due to absence of FSH secondary to hypopituitarism, hyperprolactinemia and FSH suppression by exogenous androgens

4. The results of M-tests evaluated from plasma samples of patients suffering from various diseases such as myocardial infarction, obesity, liver cirrhosis, hypothyroidism, thyreotoxicosis, acromegaly, hypopituitarism and adrenal insufficiency are presented and interpreted by this method.

5. The most common defect associated with a Bifid epiglottis are anomalies of the hands and/or feet (90%) while the most dangerous and potentially lethal anomaly if not recognized and treated are hypothalamic hamartomas and hypopituitarism (50%).