Hypopituitarism risk factors

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Risk Factors

• Head trauma
• 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