Pituitary Insufficiency after Penetrating Injury to the Sella Turcica

Hiroaki Kusanagi; Kazunari Kogure; Akira Teramoto

doi:10.1272/jnms.67.130

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Online ISSN : 1347-3409
Print ISSN : 1345-4676
ISSN-L : 1345-4676

Reports on Experiments and Clinical Cases

Pituitary Insufficiency after Penetrating Injury to the Sella Turcica

Hiroaki Kusanagi, Kazunari Kogure, Akira Teramoto

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Keywords: head injury, pituitary gland, pituitary insufficiency, diabetes insipidus

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2000 Volume 67 Issue 2 Pages 130-133

DOI https://doi.org/10.1272/jnms.67.130

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Abstract

We report a 28-year-old male patient with a pituitary insufficiency after a simple fracture of the sella turcica. He was injured by a long nail that punctured the lower jaw. No fracture other than that of the sella turcica was detected. An endocrinological examination revealed both anterior and pituitary dysfunction and diabetes insipidus that continued for about two months.

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