| Pickardt–Fahlbusch syndrome | |
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| Other names | Pickardt's syndrome or Pickardt–Fahlbusch syndrome |
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| An interupption of the hypophyseal portal system causes Pickardt's syndrome | |
| Specialty | Endocrinology  |
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Pickardt syndrome denotes a rare form of tertiary hypothyroidism that is caused by interruption of the portal veins connecting hypothalamus and pituitary.It was characterized in 1972 and 1973 by Renate Pickardt and Rudolf Fahlbusch.[1][2]
- ^ Pickardt C, Fahlbusch R (1972). "Chronic hyperosmolality, adipsia and secondary insufficiency of the anterior pituitary gland in hypothalamic lesions". Internist (Berl). 13 (2): 45–51. PMID 4554749.
- ^ Pickardt, C. R.; Erhardt, F.; Fahlbusch, R. & Scriba, P. C. (1973). "Portal Vessels Occlusion. A Cause for Pituitary Insufficiency in Patiens with Pituitary Tumors". European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 3 (3): 262. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2362.1973.tb00351.x. ISSN 0014-2972. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.