Chronic anterior hypophyseal insufficiency following frontobasal skull fractures

It is reported on a case of chronic insufficiency of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland after frontobasal fracture of the skull. It is referred to the rareness of traumatically caused hypophyseal endocrine deficiency syndromes and the etiopathogenesis, the differential-diagnostic problem as we...

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Published inZeitschrift für die gesamte innere Medizin und ihre Grenzgebiete Vol. 40; no. 7; p. 209
Main Authors Göpel, W, Pothe, H, Miethwenz, D
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.04.1985
Subjects
Adult
Brain Concussion - complications
Diagnosis, Differential
Drug Combinations - therapeutic use
Frontal Bone - injuries
Humans
Male
Pituitary Function Tests
Pituitary Gland, Anterior - injuries
Pituitary Hormones, Anterior - deficiency
Prednisolone - therapeutic use
Skull Fractures - complications
Testosterone - therapeutic use
Thyroxine - therapeutic use
Triiodothyronine - therapeutic use
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Summary:It is reported on a case of chronic insufficiency of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland after frontobasal fracture of the skull. It is referred to the rareness of traumatically caused hypophyseal endocrine deficiency syndromes and the etiopathogenesis, the differential-diagnostic problem as well as the possibilities of a hormonal substitution therapy is discussed on the basis of the specialized literature.
ISSN:0044-2542