Pregnancy and Hypopituitarism

Hypopituitarism and successful pregnancy.

Hypopituitarism is a disorder characterized by the deficiency of one or more of the hormones secreted by the pituitary gland. Hypopituitarism patients may present the symptoms of amenorrhea, poor pregnancy potential, infertility, and no production of milk after delivery. Successful pregnancy in hypopituitarism patient is rare because hypopituitarism is associated with an increased risk of pregn...

Neonatal cholestasis and hypopituitarism 787 Neonatal cholestasis and hypopituitarism

Optic nerve hypoplasia with hypopituitarism and intact septum pellucidum is a variant of septo-optic dysplasia or deMorsier's syndrome.' Although neonatal jaundice has been seen with this syndrome, the association with severe prolonged cholestatic jaundice has not been emphasised. We describe three patients who presented with cholestatic jaundice and were found to have optic nerve hypoplasia an...

18p- syndrome and hypopituitarism.

A patient is described with 18p- syndrome and hypopituitarism. This is the first patient with this syndrome who has been shown to benefit from growth hormone therapy. Patients with this syndrome who have growth deficiency should be considered for evaluation for hypopituitarism, if the quality of their lives would improve with an increase in stature.

Neonatal cholestasis and hypopituitarism.

We read with interest the paper by Kaufman et al' on neonatal cholestasis and hypopituitarism. We have been treating a similar patient whose problems were complicated by diabetes insipidus of pituitary origin. She was referred from another hospital at the age of 1 month for assessment of secondary hypothyroidism, cholestatic jaundice, temperature instability, and microcephaly. She was born at 4...

Hypopituitarism — Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment