Chronobiological aspects of headache syndromes due to sellar or pituitary pathology.

Abstract

A chronobiological study was carried out in headache syndromes due to empty sella or to pituitary G.H.- and PRL-secreting adenomas. In the empty sella syndrome only the chrono-organization of G.H. secretion was disturbed, whereas pl. PRL exhibited the usual circadian pattern. The circadian rhythms of pl. G.H. and pl. PRL were abolished in G.H.- and PRL-secreting pituitary tumors, respectively, and were again detectable when patients were cured by selective transsphenoidal adenomectomy. A normal circadian rhythmicity of pl. cortisol was demonstrable in the empty sella syndrome and in pituitary adenomas, both before and after surgery.

• Authors: P Bossolo, C Canepari, M M Daguati, A Cozzi, M Fioravanti, E Ferrari
• Journal: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache (Cephalalgia) Vol. 3 Suppl 1 Pg. 117-21 (Aug 1983) ISSN: 0333-1024 [Print] England
• PMID: 6616594 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Prolactin
• Growth Hormone

Topics

• Adenoma (complications, metabolism)
• Adult
• Circadian Rhythm
• Empty Sella Syndrome (complications)
• Female
• Growth Hormone (metabolism)
• Headache (etiology, physiopathology)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Pituitary Neoplasms (complications)
• Prolactin (metabolism)
• Syndrome