Table 3.
Differential causes of hypopituitarism and SAI
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Congenital - Genetic - Acquired |
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Neoplastic - Pit-NET (functioning and non-functioning) - Craniopharingioma - Meningioma - Cysts - Germinoma - Glioma - Astrocytoma - Ganglioneuroma - Teratoma - Chordoma/Chondrosarcoma - Pituicytoma - Ependymoma - Pituitary carcinoma - Metastases |
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Infiltrative - Neurosarcoidosis - Langerhans cell histiocytosis - Hemochromatosis |
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Inflammatory / immunological - Hyphophysitis - Granulomatous |
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Infectious - Bacterial - Fungal - Parasites - Tuberculosis - Syphilis Traumatic / Vascular - Pituitay apoplexy - Traumatic brain injury - Sheehan’s syndrome - Intrasellar carotid artery - Aneurysm - Subarachnoid haemorrhage |
| Empty sella |
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Iatrogenic / Medications - Surgery - Radiotherapy - Opiates - Glucocorticoids - Megestrol acetate - Somatostatin analogues - Immuno-checkpoint inhibitors |
| Idiopathic |