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Hypopituitarism

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Definition: 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.     
Examples Dwarfism, Pituitary 		Other names Simmonds Disease; Sheehan Syndrome; Panhypopituitarism; Anterior Pituitary Hyposecretion Syndrome; Adenohypophyseal Hyposecretion; Syndrome, Sheehan's; Syndrome, Sheehan; Simmond's Disease; Sheehans Syndrome; Pituitary Insufficiency, Postpartum; Panhypopituitarism, Postpartum; Insufficiency, Pituitary; Hypopituitarism, Postpartum; Disease, Simmonds; Simmonds' Disease; Sheehan's Syndrome; Postpartum Pituitary Insufficiency; Postpartum Panhypopituitarism; Postpartum Hypopituitarism; Hyposecretion, Adenohypophyseal
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Panhypopituitarism X-linked  0   *Hypopituitarism *Genetic Diseases, X-Linked.
RHYNS syndrome  0   *Hypopituitarism *Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Kaplowitz Bodurtha syndrome  0   *Hypopituitarism *Microphthalmos.
Dincsoy Salih Patel syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Hypopituitarism.
Arthrogryposis, distal, with hypopituitarism, mental retardation, and facial anomalies  0   *Arthrogryposis *Hypopituitarism *Intellectual Disability *Craniofacial Abnormalities.
Hypopituitarism and septooptic 'dysplasia'  0   *Hypopituitarism *Septo-Optic Dysplasia.

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