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Hypopituitarism in a patient with breast cancer Cover
Open Access
|Dec 2024

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.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bgbl-2024-0023 | Journal eISSN: 2956-6851 | Journal ISSN: 0373-174X
Language: English
Page range: 83 - 92
Published on: Dec 16, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2024 Łukasz Lisak, Aleksandra Kaźmierczak, Anna Kaletka, published by The Medical Library named after S. Konopka in Warsaw
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