[Multiple neurological complications in a case of anterior pituitary insufficiency]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 2004 Mar;160(3):354-6. doi: 10.1016/s0035-3787(04)70914-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Neurological manifestations of anterior pituitary deficiency are well known but their association remains rare. We report a woman who developed, insidiously over ten Years, a complex neurological disorder associating cognitive impairment, psychiatric disorder, cerebellar ataxia, demyelinating neuropathy, and myopathy with pseudomyotonia. After 18 Months of hormone substitution treatment, the patient fully recovered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypopituitarism / complications*
  • Middle Aged
  • Nervous System Diseases / etiology*