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Successful pregnancy after pituitary surgery: A case report
Amir Bahrami-Ahmadi 1 , Professor Dr G.K. Stalla 2 , Hadi Tabesh 3 & Hamidreza Bazrafshan 4
1Iran University of medical sciences, Occupational medicine research center, Tehran, Iran; 2Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Medicover Neuroendocrinology and Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, München, Germany; 3University of Tehran, Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies., Tehran, Iran; 4Ludwig Maximilian University Klinikum München, Guest, München, Germany
Background: current studies reported that pregnancy in women with hypopituitarism is rare and several obestristics and endocrinologic complications must resolve for successful pregnancy among these women. Here we report one woman with hypopituitarism who became pregnant after hormonal replacement therapy.
Method: A therapeutic strategy for 34 years old pregnant women as known case of pituitary surgery and completed pan hypopituitarism was designed. We performed one hormonal replacement strategies including HCG, HMG, prednisone and levothyroxine hormones and after that, we stimulate ovulation process with growth hormone.
Results: After therapeutic time, our patient could achieve a successful pregnancy and delivered her son in due course.
Conclusion: Pregnancy is possible for females suffering from hypopituitarism due to total hypophysectomy by an individualized therapeutic strategy using growth hormone for ovulation stimulation.
Keywords: hypopituitarism; total hypophysectomy; pregnancy
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