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Shweta S Acharya1, Ashok Kumar1, Ashok Kumar1
1Internal Medicine, Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, IND.
Abstract:
In this case, the message is conveyed that after ruling out sinister causes of hypotension, endocrine causes should also be considered, particularly in the light of a relatively long history, absence of any sepsis and organ dysfunction, preserved urine output, euvolemic status, and with no significant response to intravenous fluid. In our case, a patient with hypotension with relatively stable other clinical parameters has been evaluated to reveal pituitary macroadenoma as an underlying diagnosis.
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