| cachexia thyropriva | Signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism (with or without myxoedema) resulting from the loss of thyroid tissue, either from surgery, radiotherapy, or disease. Synonym: cachexia strumipriva, cachexia thyroidea. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pituitary cachexia | Anterior pituitary insufficiency due to trauma, vascular lesions, or tumours; usually developing postpartum as a result of pituitary necrosis caused by ischemia during a hypotensive episode during delivery; characterised clinically by asthenia, loss of weight and body hair, arterial hypotension, and manifestations of thyroid, adrenal, and gonadal hypofunction. Synonym: hypophysial cachexia, pituitary cachexia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypophyseal cachexia | A state in which the secretion of all anterior pituitary hormones is inadequate or absent; caused by a variety of disorders that result in destruction or loss of function of all or most of the anterior pituitary gland. Rare forms of PHP are inherited as autosomal recessive or as an X-linked recessive. Synonym: ateliotic dwarfism, hypophyseal cachexia, hypophysial cachexia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypophysial cachexia | simmonds' disease, panhypopituitarism |