Journal of medical case reports · 2024
Severe hypoglycemia in a diabetic patient with pituitary apoplexy: a case report.
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Getahun Binyam Melese, Gebeyehu Medhanet Azene, Getahun Amsalu Molla, Kassie Yoseph Gebremedhin
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INTRODUCTION: Hypoglycemia is a common occurrence in diabetic patients. But unlike non diabetic patients, its causes are frequently related to drugs they are receiving to control blood glucose. But this may not always be the case. Here we report a type 2 diabetic patient with severe hypoglycemia owing to acute hypopituitarism secondary to pituitary apoplexy.
CASE PRESENTATION: A 45 year old male diabetic patient from Ethiopia taking 2 mg of oral glimepiride daily who presented with change in mentation of 30 minutes and blood glucose recording of 38 mg/dl upon arrival to the emergency room. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed pituitary macroadenoma with hemorrhage suggestive of pituitary apoplexy. Blood work up showed low adrenocorticotropic hormone, cortisol, and serum sodium levels. Subsequently transsphenoidal hypophysectomy was done.
CONCLUSION: The occurrence of hypoglycemia in a diabetic patient taking sulphonylurea monotherapy is common. But when it is severe enough to cause altered mentation, patients should be approached differently. In the presence of clinical clues suggesting cortisol deficiency, hypopituitarism can be a possible cause.
CASE PRESENTATION: A 45 year old male diabetic patient from Ethiopia taking 2 mg of oral glimepiride daily who presented with change in mentation of 30 minutes and blood glucose recording of 38 mg/dl upon arrival to the emergency room. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed pituitary macroadenoma with hemorrhage suggestive of pituitary apoplexy. Blood work up showed low adrenocorticotropic hormone, cortisol, and serum sodium levels. Subsequently transsphenoidal hypophysectomy was done.
CONCLUSION: The occurrence of hypoglycemia in a diabetic patient taking sulphonylurea monotherapy is common. But when it is severe enough to cause altered mentation, patients should be approached differently. In the presence of clinical clues suggesting cortisol deficiency, hypopituitarism can be a possible cause.