[Severe hyponatremia disclosing adenohypophyseal insufficiency with empty sella syndrome]

Rev Med Interne. 1993 Jan;14(1):43-5. doi: 10.1016/s0248-8663(05)82522-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report a case of extremely severe hyponatraemia which led to the discovery of anterior hypophysis insufficiency associated with empty sella turcica in a dysimmune context. This type of hyponatraemia is consecutive to corticotropic and thyreo-tropic hormones deficiency and to inappropriate secretion of arginine vasopressin. These endocrine abnormalities are of suprapituitary origin. They can be explained by a hypothalamo-hypophyseal dysregulation of little known mechanism, or by a lesion of the hypothalamus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Empty Sella Syndrome / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyponatremia / etiology*
  • Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / physiopathology
  • Pituitary Diseases / complications*
  • Pituitary Gland, Anterior