PANHYPOPITUITARISM FOLLOWING EPIDEMIC HEMORRHAGIC FEVER. II. PATHOLOGIC ANATOMY
Authors: George H. Wahle, Donald G. Mckay
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Case Reports1 December 1955PANHYPOPITUITARISM FOLLOWING EPIDEMIC HEMORRHAGIC FEVER. II. PATHOLOGIC ANATOMYGEORGE H. WAHLE JR., DONALD G. MCKAYGEORGE H. WAHLE JR.Search for more papers by this author, DONALD G. MCKAYSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-6-1320 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn a recent analysis of the causes of death in patients with epidemic hemorrhagic fever Giles et al.1found that acute renal failure, shock, dehydration, pulmonary edema and infection, hemorrhage into the gastrointestinal tract and central nervous system, and electrolyte disturbances were among the basic and contributory lethal factors in this disease. Panhypopituitarism can now be added to this list as a late sequela. This eventuality was certainly to be expected in view of the pathologic observations of Hullinghorst and Steer2and Lukes3in the more acute phases of the disease. These authors found that 72 to 77% of the...Bibliography1. GilesSheedyEkmanFroebConleyStockardCugellVesterKiyasuEntwisleYoe RBJACNHFCCJLDWJWRKGRH: The sequelae of epidemic hemorrhagic fever, Am. J. Med. 16: 629-638, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. HullinghorstSteer RLA: Pathology of epidemic hemorrhagic fever, Ann. Int. Med. 38: 77-101, 1953. LinkGoogle Scholar3. Lukes RJ: The pathology of thirty-nine fatal cases of epidemic hemorrhagic fever, Am. J. Med. 16: 639-650, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Powell GM: Hemorrhagic fever: a study of 300 cases, Medicine 33: 97-153, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Sheehan HL: Post-partum necrosis of the anterior pituitary, J. Path. and Bact. 45: 189, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. PritchardWeismanRatnoffVosburgh JARODGJ: Intravascular hemolysis, thrombocytopenia and other hematologic abnormalities associated with severe toxemia of pregnancy, New England J. Med. 250: 89-98, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Furth FW: Observations on the hemostatic defect in epidemic hemorrhagic fever, Am. J. Med. 16: 651-653, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. CrosbyStepfanini WHM: Pathogenesis of the plasma transfusion reaction with especial reference to blood coagulation system, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 40: 374-386, 1952. Google Scholar9. McKayMerrillWeinerHertigReid DGSJAEATDE: The pathologic anatomy of eclampsia, bilateral renal cortical necrosis, pituitary necrosis, and other acute fatal complications of pregnancy, and its possible relationship to the generalized Shwartzman phenomenon, Am. J. Obst. and Gynec. 66: 507-539, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Schneider CL, in Hammond, J., Brown, F. J., and Wolstenholme, G. E. W., Editors: Toxaemias of pregnancy, human and veterinary, Ciba Foundation Symposium, 1950, J. and A. Churchill, Ltd., London. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication September 24, 1954.From the Department of Pathology, 7071st ASU, U. S. Army Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInfiltrative Diseases of the Pituitary GlandPanhypopituitarism in the acute stage of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: a case report 1 December 1955Volume 43, Issue 6Page: 1320-1330KeywordsFibrosisHemorrhagic feversInflammationPanhypopituitarismPulmonary diseasesRenal analysisRenal failureShockTestesThyroid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...