Also, prior reviews of anterior pituitary function in SIOD patients have not identified a functional pituitary defect [ 3].
"We measured the size of their testes, evaluated body hair, erectile function, sperm count, muscle mass, bone density, pituitary function," Crowley recalls.
The tumor was not malignant, but it had disrupted my pituitary function.
The syndrome occurs most frequently in boys and, because of the close association between the pituitary and the hypothalamus, may be associated with reduced pituitary function.
pituitary function tests.
Pituitary function tests showed an elevated serum prolactin level.
Pituitary function testing should be considered in refractory TAC patients in addition [14].
However; the effects of hemorrhagic shock on pituitary function in trauma patients remains unknown.
Pituitary function tests prior to GON/MCN blocks were undertaken as part of their routine work up for TAC.
Many known factors predispose patients to symptomatic infarction of the pituitary, amongst which the most important are hypertension [10, 20], diabetes mellitus [29], pituitary function dynamic tests [30, 31], administration of anticoagulants, bromocriptine, oestrogens [32, 33, 34] and radiotherapy [35].
