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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.

Year introduced: 1963

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Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.617.738.300, C19.700.482

MeSH Unique ID: D007018

Entry Terms:

  • Adenohypophyseal Hyposecretion
  • Anterior Pituitary Hyposecretion Syndrome
  • Hyposecretion Syndrome, Anterior Pituitary
  • Hyposecretion, Adenohypophyseal
  • Pituitary Insufficiency
  • Insufficiency, Pituitary
  • Postpartum Hypopituitarism
  • Hypopituitarism, Postpartum
  • Simmonds' Disease
  • Simmond's Disease
  • Sheehan Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Sheehan
  • Sheehan's Syndrome
  • Sheehans Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Sheehan's
  • Postpartum Pituitary Insufficiency
  • Pituitary Insufficiency, Postpartum
  • Postpartum Panhypopituitarism
  • Panhypopituitarism, Postpartum
  • Simmonds Disease
  • Disease, Simmonds

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