Chronic Pituitary Failure Resembling Sheehan's Syndrome following a Bite of Russell's Viper

Autor: S. Srividya, K.G. Srinivasan, S. Ramprabananth, K.P. Usha Nandhini
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: The Neuroradiology Journal. 23:38-41
ISSN: 2385-1996
1971-4009
DOI: 10.1177/197140091002300106
Popis: Hypopituitarism can be the sequela of a variety of causes like postpartum pituitary necrosis or Sheehan's syndrome, lymphocytic hypophysitis, trauma and encephalitis. A very rare cause is envenomation by a bite of a Russell's viper. Very few cases with documented imaging findings of chronic pituitary failure resulting from snake bite have been reported. We describe a case of hypopituitarism with clinical, endocrine and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging studies occurring as a delayed complication of snake bite.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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