Indicaciones y secuencia de empleo de las pruebas funcionales hipofisariascriterios de valoración
- Andújar Plata, Paula
- Fernández Rodríguez, Eva
- Bernabeu Morón, Ignacio
- Casanueva Freijó, Felipe
ISSN: 0304-5412
Year of publication: 2012
Issue Title: Enfermedades endocrinológicas y metabólicas: patología del hipotálamo y la hipófisis
Series: 11
Issue: 13
Pages: 788-791
Type: Article
More publications in: Medicine: Programa de Formación Médica Continuada Acreditado
Abstract
Pituitary function tests are useful in the diagnosis of hypothalamic-pituitary pathology. The clinical history, physical examination and basal hormonal determinations will guide the application of these tests. When hormonal hypofunction is suspected we will use stimulation tests are used, but in cases of hormone hypersecretion suppression tests will be used. They are not necessary in the evaluation of all hypothalamus-pituitary axes.