ALLMedicine™ Hypopituitarism Center

Sep 22nd, 2021 - Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is characterised by the development of intrapulmonary arteriovenous blood shunts and vascular dilatation with consequent hypoxaemia, usually in the context of end-stage liver disease (ESLD). The estimated incidence o...

Sep 14th, 2021 - Tyrosine kinase inhibitors have been a breakthrough in the treatment of advanced medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), and they can prolong progression-free survival (PFS). A patient with MTC and metastatic spread to the lymph nodes, lungs, bones, breas...

Sep 1st, 2021 - Hypophysitis is an inflammation of the pituitary gland and a rare case of hypopituitarism. Despite the expanding spectrum of histological variants and causative agents, its pathogenesis is far to be fully understood. The present review is focused ...

Aug 14th, 2021 - Besides the pulmonary manifestations caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), an emerging endocrine phenotype, which can heavily impact on the severity of the syndrome, has been recently associated with corona...

Aug 13th, 2021 - The incidence of pituitary adenoma has been increasing these days. Majority of the cases are incidental findings on imaging; and these patients may be asymptomatic without any laboratory abnormalities. However, a non-functional sellar mass can ini...

Jun 28th, 2019 - Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have become a promising treatment for advanced malignancies. However, these drugs can induce immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in several organs, including skin, gastrointestinal tract, liver, muscle, nerve,...

Nov 5th, 2016 - To formulate clinical practice guidelines for hormonal replacement in hypopituitarism in adults. The participants include an Endocrine Society-appointed Task Force of six experts, a methodologist, and a medical writer. The American Association for...

Sep 17th, 2016 - Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) are among the most common pituitary lesions and may present clinically with vision loss and hypopituitarism. To characterize the existing literature as it pertains to the initial management of NFPAs. A sys...

Sep 17th, 2016 - Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) are among the most common pituitary lesions and may present with hypopituitarism and/or hyperprolactinemia. To review the existing literature as it pertains to preoperative endocrine assessment in the work...

Apr 9th, 2011 - The aim was to formulate practice guidelines for endocrine evaluation and treatment of pituitary incidentalomas. Consensus was guided by systematic reviews of evidence and discussions through a series of conference calls and e-mails and one in-per...

Apr 3rd, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's  Coronavirus Resource Center. Endocrinologists have underlined the importance that physicians consider "a stress dose" of glucocorticoids in the event of severe COVID-19 infec...

Nov 7th, 2019 - Pseudoporphyria has a similar presentation to PCT but with no abnormalities in porphyrin metabolism. Risk factors include UV radiation exposure; use of medications such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, diuretics, and retinoids; chronic ren.

Oct 20th, 2016 - Patients with hypopituitarism should have their hormone levels restored as close to physiologic levels as possible, while taking into account potential interactions between hormones and other medications, say new guidelines on diagnosing and manag...

Jan 20th, 2016 - Neuroimaging can help clarify the nature of the neurologic illness that may produce psychiatric symptoms, but these studies are costly and may be of questionable value in patients without discrete neurologic deficits. CT scanning or MRI of the bra...

Jun 2nd, 2015 - NASHVILLE – Endocrinologists dealing with adult patients who survived cancer during childhood should ensure that they have an adequate understanding of the elevated risk that such patients are at for various endocrine conditions, such as hypogonad.