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Abstract
Hypopituitarism has been associated with different types of head trauma including traumatic delivery. We report a case of hypopituitarism in a boy with a history of induced traumatic labor associated with maternal uterine leiomyomas. He also had head and face deformations that were apparently caused by spatial restriction due to the enlarging leiomyomas while the patient was growing in utero. Trauma to the pituitary stalk could have occurred by cerebral entrapment and the pressures of labor. Although hypopituitarism has been associated with traumatic delivery and breech delivery, there are no reported cases related to uterine leiomyomas.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11929087 DOI: 10.1007/BF03343980
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Endocrinol Invest ISSN: 0391-4097 Impact factor: 4.256