Hypopituitarism risk factors
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]
Overview
Hypopituitarism has a big variety of risk factors that increase the possibility of getting the disease. These risk factors incluide pituitary tumor, brain injury, head trauma, any genetic defects and brain surgery.[1]
Risk Factors
More common risk factors
- Pituitary tumor
- Pituitary apoplexy
- Pituitary surgery
- Cranial radiation
- Traumatic brain injury
- Genetic defects
- Hypothalamic disease
- Brain tumor
- Brain surgery
- Radiation treatment
- Autoimmune inflammation, such as hypophysitis
- Stroke
- Infections of the brain, such as meningitis
- Tuberculosis
- Infiltrative diseases, such as sarcoidosis, histiocytosis X, hemochromatosis.
- Severe loss of blood: Sheehan syndrome, or postpartum hypopituitarism
- Genetic mutations
References
- ↑ Khajeh L, Blijdorp K, Neggers SJ, Ribbers GM, Dippel DW, van Kooten F (2014). "Hypopituitarism after subarachnoid haemorrhage, do we know enough?". BMC Neurol. 14: 205. doi:10.1186/s12883-014-0205-0. PMC 4207357. PMID 25312299.