Aylanc, HakanTutunculer, FilizSut, Necdet2024-06-122024-06-1220160976-31470976-3155https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.185509https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/19727Background: This study was to determine whether pituitary dysfunction occurs after head trauma in children or not and which axis is affected more; to define the association of pituitary dysfunction with the severity of head trauma and duration time after the diagnosis of head trauma. Materials and Methods: In this study, 24 children who were diagnosed with head trauma were evaluated regarding pituitary dysfunction. In all cases, after 12 h fasting, serum cortisol, fT(3), fT(4), thyroid-stimulating hormone, prolactin, insulin-like growth factor-1, serum sodium, urine density, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, in female cases E-2, in male cases, TT levels were determined. Results: Mean age of children was 9.5 +/- 3.1 years, 14 children (58.3%) had mild, 9 children (37.5%) had moderate, and 1 children (4.2%) had severe head trauma according to the Glasgow coma scale. Mean duration time after head trauma was 29.4 +/- 9.8 months. In all cases, no pathologic condition was determined in the pituitary hormonal axis. In one children (4.2%), low basal cortisol level was found. There were no children with hormonal deficiency in this study. Conclusion: Although pituitary dysfunction after head trauma may develop in the early period, some may present in the late period; therefore, all cases should be followed up at outpatient clinics for a longer period.en10.4103/0976-3147.185509info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessChildHead TraumaPituitary DysfunctionTraumatic Brain InjurySevere Head TraumaPosttraumatic HypopituitarismNeuroendocrine DysfunctionSubarachnoid HemorrhagePubertal ChangesAcute-PhaseChildrenChildhoodAbnormalitiesInsufficiencyArticle74537543N/AWOS:0003838068000122-s2.0-8498364360127695233Q3