Hypopituitarism in a patient with breast cancer
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Aim This article discusses a case study of an 83-year-old woman with a history of malignant breast cancer, who was admitted to the internal disease department. Methods Case study Discussion: Patient presented weakness, nausea and muscle pain persisting for a week. Neither did the patient report vomiting nor abdominal pain. She was conscious. Combining these clinical symptoms and examinations, a diagnosis was made that the patient was suffering from hypoosmotic hyponatremia. This prompted further investigation, resulting in the discovery of probable hypopituitarism. Conclusion This case underscores that the basic condition, which is breast cancer, and the therapy of breast cancer may lead to hypopituitarism, which causes severe hyponatremia.
Authors: Łukasz Lisak, Aleksandra Kaźmierczak, Anna Kaletka
Institution: University of Zielona Góra
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4409970998