"Hypopituitarism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Diminution or cessation of secretion of one or more hormones from the anterior pituitary gland (including LH; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; SOMATOTROPIN; and CORTICOTROPIN). This may result from surgical or radiation ablation, non-secretory PITUITARY NEOPLASMS, metastatic tumors, infarction, PITUITARY APOPLEXY, infiltrative or granulomatous processes, and other conditions.
| Descriptor ID |
D007018
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.617.738.300 C19.700.482
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| Concept/Terms |
Hypopituitarism- Hypopituitarism
- Pituitary Insufficiency
- Insufficiency, Pituitary
- Hyposecretion Syndrome, Anterior Pituitary
- Hyposecretion, Adenohypophyseal
- Adenohypophyseal Hyposecretion
- Anterior Pituitary Hyposecretion Syndrome
Postpartum Hypopituitarism- Postpartum Hypopituitarism
- Hypopituitarism, Postpartum
- Simmonds' Disease
- Simmond's Disease
- Sheehan Syndrome
- Syndrome, Sheehan
- Postpartum Panhypopituitarism
- Panhypopituitarism, Postpartum
- Postpartum Pituitary Insufficiency
- Pituitary Insufficiency, Postpartum
- Sheehan's Syndrome
- Sheehans Syndrome
- Syndrome, Sheehan's
- Simmonds Disease
- Disease, Simmonds
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypopituitarism" by people in Profiles.
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Learning curve for the transsphenoidal endoscopic endonasal approach to pituitary tumors. Br J Neurosurg. 2016 Dec; 30(6):637-642.
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Recovery of pituitary function following treatment of an unruptured giant cavernous carotid aneurysm using Surpass flow-diverting stents. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 May 05; 2014.