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  • Title: [Isolated ACTH deficiency and transient GH deficiency. Presentation of a case].
    Author: Vincenzi P, Francia G, Dorizzi R, Pedrazzoli R, Lazzarin M.
    Journal: Minerva Endocrinol; 1992; 17(3):127-31. PubMed ID: 1338549.
    Abstract:
    In a 46 year old man, who arrived at our observation suffering for three months from considerable increasing weakness and progressive impairment of libido, we documented a condition of secondary hypocorticism due to an isolated ACTH deficiency associated with a reduced somatotropin reserve, the last improved after treatment with corticosteroids. We found low serum levels of ACTH and cortisol, good response of adrenal glands to corticotropin depot, normalization of the clinical board during glucocorticoid replacement. Stimulating test with CRH (corticotropin releasing hormone) did not cause a response in ACTH, suggesting the presence of primitive damage of the hypophyseal corticotroph cells.
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