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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 7 Issue 1</issue_number>
<issue_period>2016 (January - March)</issue_period>
<title>PITUITARY APOPLEXY – A RARE CAUSE OF HYPONATREMIA </title>
<abstract>Hyponatremia is a very common electrolyte imbalance caused due to many etiologies, but is rarely due to hypopituitarism. A non-functional pituitary macro adenoma usually results in complaints like headaches and/or visual field defects might extend to blindness. But hyponatremia in macro adenoma is rare. Severe hyponatremia is a life-threatening emergency; hence an accurate diagnosis and a prompt initiation therapy are needed. We report a patient presenting with hyponatremia secondary to hypopituitarism along with hypothyroidism due to pituitary macro adenoma.</abstract>
<authors>DR. SAKTHI SELVA KUMAR , DR.M.V.BHARGAVI AND DR.S.PALANIANDAVAN</authors>
<keywords>Hyponatremia, hypopituitarism, pituitary apoplexy, syndrome of inappropriate secretion of ant diuretic hormone (SIADH)</keywords>
<pages>419-424</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
