Other terms
Pituitary Insufficiency,Insufficiency, Pituitary,Hyposecretion Syndrome, Anterior Pituitary,Hyposecretion, Adenohypophyseal,Adenohypophyseal Hyposecretion,Anterior Pituitary Hyposecretion Syndrome,Postpartum Hypopituitarism,Hypopituitarism, Postpartum,Simmonds' Disease,Simmond's Disease,Sheehan Syndrome,Syndrome, Sheehan,Postpartum Panhypopituitarism,Panhypopituitarism, Postpartum,Postpartum Pituitary Insufficiency,Pituitary Insufficiency, Postpartum,Sheehan's Syndrome,Sheehans Syndrome,Syndrome, Sheehan's,Simmonds Disease,Disease, Simmonds,Panhypopituitarism
Description
Hypopituitarism: Diminution or cessation of secretion of one or more hormones from the anterior pituitary gland (including LH; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; SOMATOTROPIN; and CORTICOTROPIN). This may result from surgical or radiation ablation, non-secretory PITUITARY NEOPLASMS, metastatic tumors, infarction, PITUITARY APOPLEXY, infiltrative or granulomatous processes, and other conditions.
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