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3652484

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-11-12
pubmed:abstractText
Four patients with various endocrine deficiencies of a predominantly hypothalamic nature are described, in whom computed topographic scans demonstrated pituitary stalk enlargement. In one, a disseminated papular skin eruption with regional pleomorphism and spontaneous regression appeared 4 years after the development of the initial symptoms of diabetes insipidus, and led to a diagnosis of xanthoma disseminatum, a rare type of histiocytosis. It is suggested that this patient's endocrine dysfunction is also due to histiocytic involvement of the hypothalamus and/or pituitary stalk. In view of the prolonged lapse of time between the initial endocrine manifestations and the eventual diagnosis, even though no cause is apparent in the other three patients, it is suggested that close follow-up be carried out to rule out such a possibility in patients with this endocrine-radiological entity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0300-0664
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Endocrine aspects of pituitary stalk enlargement.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Endocrinology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University; Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't