Pregnancy in a patient with hypopituitarism following surgery and radiation for a pituitary adenoma.
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2005-07-08
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This is a case of partial hypopituitarism resulting from surgery and radiation for a non- functioning pituitary macroadenoma. The patient had amenorrhea which was secondary to hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism and had been on L-thyroxine for central hypothyroidism. For pregnancy, ovulation was induced by gonadotrophins and this was followed by an intrauterine insemination. The antenatal period was uneventful and a Caesarean section was done at 33 weeks when the patient presented with preterm labour. Both infant and mother are well, eight months after delivery.
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Thomas VP, Sathya B, George S, Thomas N. Pregnancy in a patient with hypopituitarism following surgery and radiation for a pituitary adenoma. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. 2005 Jul-Sep; 51(3): 223-4