HYPOPITUITARISM SECONDARY TO TRANSFACIAL GUNSHOT WOUND

Authors
DANGELICA M BARBA CA MORGAN AS DOBKIN ED PEPE JL
Citation
M. Dangelica et al., HYPOPITUITARISM SECONDARY TO TRANSFACIAL GUNSHOT WOUND, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 39(4), 1995, pp. 768-771
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
768 - 771
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Hypopituitarism secondary to penetrating head trauma is extremely rare , and its diagnosis may be delayed for several years, We present a pat ient who developed hypopituitarism secondary to a transfacial gunshot wound and who experienced damage to the hypophysis secondary to transm ission of energy and bullet fragments. The importance of a computerize d tomographic scan of the head in facial gunshot wound is discussed.