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 |
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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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