[Late onset hypopituitarism due to hypoplasia of the adenohypophysis with invisible stalk and ectopic neurohypophysis in a 67-year-old patient].

Abstract

Congenital hypopituitarism due to pituitary stalk and anterior pituitary hypoplasia accompanied by an ectopic posterior pituitary lobe is a rare disorder causing multiple hormone deficiencies. Clinical signs can be present at birth (hypoglycemia, prolonged jaundice and micropenis) and there can be severe growth restriction. Therefore, diagnosis is usually performed in childhood. We present the uncommon case of a 67-year-old man with hypopituitarism due to hypoplasia of the anterior pituitary and pituitary stalk together with an ectopic posterior pituitary who presented symptoms of hyponatremia due to adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency.

• Authors: Rafael Hernández Lavado, Mariola Cabanillas López, Pilar Rodríguez Ortega, Carlos Guzmán Carmona, Ignacio Rasero Hernández
• Journal: Endocrinologia y nutricion : organo de la Sociedad Espanola de Endocrinologia y Nutricion (Endocrinol Nutr) Vol. 56 Issue 5 Pg. 270-2 (May 2009) ISSN: 1575-0922 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Inicio tardío de hipopituitarismo debido a hipoplasia adenohipofisaria y ausencia de tallo con neurohipófisis ectópica en un paciente de 67 años de edad.
• PMID: 19627749 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Age of Onset
• Aged
• Brain Diseases (complications, diagnosis, pathology)
• Choristoma (complications, diagnosis, pathology)
• Craniocerebral Trauma (complications)
• Depressive Disorder (complications)
• Dwarfism, Pituitary (etiology)
• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Humans
• Hypopituitarism (drug therapy, epidemiology, etiology)
• Male
• Pituitary Gland, Anterior (abnormalities)
• Pituitary Gland, Posterior