Hypopituitarism causes

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Iqra Qamar M.D.[2]

Overview

Cause

Common Causes

Causes can be classified based upon the etiology such as congenital or acquired.

Etiology Underlying cause/disease Examples
Congeital Idiopathic
Anatomic lesion in sella Primary empty sella syndrome, Rathke's cyst
CNS malformations septo-optic- dysplasia, Kallmann syndrome, and pituitary 

stalk interruption syndrome

Acquired Pituitary tumor mainly displacing macroadenoma
Craniopharyngeoma
Surgery Transsphenoidal or transcranial surgery in 

the hypothalamo-pituitary region

Radiation
Systemic cancer treatment
Traumatic brain injury
Sheehan's syndrome
Apolplexy
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Meningitis
Hypophysitis
Meningioma in sellar region
Lymphoma
Wegner's granulomatosis
Hemochromatosis

Less common causes:

Less common causes of hypopituitarism include:[1]

  • Peri-natal insults
  • Genetic causes, such as Kallman syndrome, Pallister-Hall syndrome and Rieger syndrome. To see a complete list of genetic causes, click here.
  • Trauma
  • Pituitary hypoplasia or aplasia

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning No underlying causes
Dental No underlying causes
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine No underlying causes
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic No underlying causes
Genetic No underlying causes
Hematologic No underlying causes
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease No underlying causes
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic No underlying causes
Neurologic No underlying causes
Nutritional/Metabolic No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
Oncologic No underlying causes
Ophthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity No underlying causes
Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary No underlying causes
Renal/Electrolyte No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy No underlying causes
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic No underlying causes
Miscellaneous No underlying causes

Causes in Alphabetical Order

  • Ischemic nerosis of the pituitary
  • Iatrogenic
  • Parasellar tumor/pituitary compression


Hypopituitarism Microchapters

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Diagnosis

History and Symptoms

Physical Examination

Laboratory Findings

Electrocardiogram

X Ray

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Etiology based on anatomical location of pathology:

Hypopituitarism can be classified based upon the anatomical location of pathology such as hypothalamus or pituitary gland.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]

Anatomical location Cause
Hypothalmic Mass lesions 
  • Benign (craniopharyngiomas)
  • Malignant tumors (metastatic from lung, breast, etc)
Radiation :  CNS and nasopharyngeal malignancies
Infections: Tuberculous meningitis
Infiltrative lesions:
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Other :
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Stroke
Pituitary Mass lesions:
  • Pituitary adenomas
  • Other benign tumors
  • Cysts
Pituitary radiation
Pituitary surgery
Infection/abscess
Infiltrative lesions:
  1. Hypophysitis
  • - Lymphocytic hypophysitis
  • - Granulomatous hypophysitis
  • - Plasmacytic (IgG4-associated) hypophysitis

2. Hemochromatosis

Infarction: Sheehan syndrome
Apoplexy
Empty sella 
Genetic mutations

Genetic Causes

Hypopituitarism is caused by mutation in any one of the following genes.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]

Isolated

hormone abnormalities

Gene Inheritance Phenotype
GH1 AR, AD Isolated GH deficiency
GHRHR AR Isolated GH deficiency
TSHB AR Isolated TSH deficiency
TRHR AR Isolated TSH deficiency
TPIT AR Isolated ACTH deficiency
GnRHR AR HH
PC1 AR ACTH deficiency, hypoglycemia, HH, obesity
POMC AR ACTH deficiency, obesity, red hair
DAX1 XL Adrenal hypoplasia congenital and HH
CRH AR CRH deficiency
KAL1 XL Kallman syndrome, renal agenesis, synkinesia
FGFR1 AD, AR Kallman syndrome, cleft lip and palate, facial dysmorphism
Leptin AR HH, obesity
Leptin-R AR HH, obesity
GPR54 AR HH
Kisspeptin AR HH
FSHB AR Primary amenorrhea, defective spermatogenesis
LHB AR Delayed puberty
PROK2 AD Kallman syndrome, severe sleep disorder, obesity
PROKR2 AD, AR Kallman syndrome
AVP-NPII AR, AD Diabetes insipidus
Combined pituitary hormone deficiency POU1F1 AR, AD GH, TSH and prolactin deficiencies
PROP1 AR GH, TSH, LH, FSH, prolactin, and evolving ACTH deficiencies
Specific syndromes HESX1 AR, AD Septo-optic dysplasia
LHX3 AR GH, TSH, LH, FSH, prolactin deficiencies, limited neck rotation
LHX4 AD GH, TSH, ACTH deficiencies with cerebellar abnormalities
SOX3 XL Hypopituitarism and mental retardation
GLI2 AD Holoprosencephaly and multiple midline defects
SOX2 AD Anophthalmia, hypopituitarism, oesophageal atresia
GLI3 AD Pallister-Hall syndrome
PITX2 AD Rieger syndrome

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