Svensk definition
Minskad eller utebliven utsöndring av en eller flera hormoner från hypofysens framlob, inkl. LH, follikelstimulerande hormon, somatotropin och kortikotropin. Bristen kan bero på kirurgiska ingrepp eller strålbehandling, icke-sekretoriska tumörer, metastastumörer, infarkt, hypofysapoplexi, infiltrerande eller granulomatösa processer, eller andra tillstånd.
Engelsk definition
Diminution or cessation of secretion of one or more hormones from the anterior pituitary gland (including LH; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; SOMATOTROPIN; and CORTICOTROPIN). This may result from surgical or radiation ablation, non-secretory PITUITARY NEOPLASMS, metastatic tumors, infarction, PITUITARY APOPLEXY, infiltrative or granulomatous processes, and other conditions.
Svenska synonymer
Hypofysinsufficiens — Hypofyssvikt — Hypofysär underproduktion — Simmonds sjukdom — Sheehans syndrom
Engelska synonymer
Pituitary Insufficiency — Insufficiency, Pituitary — Hyposecretion Syndrome, Anterior Pituitary — Hyposecretion, Adenohypophyseal — Adenohypophyseal Hyposecretion — Anterior Pituitary Hyposecretion Syndrome — Postpartum Hypopituitarism — Hypopituitarism, Postpartum — Simmonds' Disease — Simmond's Disease — Sheehan Syndrome — Syndrome, Sheehan — Postpartum Panhypopituitarism — Panhypopituitarism, Postpartum — Postpartum Pituitary Insufficiency — Pituitary Insufficiency, Postpartum — Sheehan's Syndrome — Sheehans Syndrome — Syndrome, Sheehan's — Simmonds Disease — Disease, Simmonds