Survey Studies on Pituitary Diseases in Japan

Abstract

This paper represents the results of survey of pituitary diseases in Japan during the 10-year period between 1965 and 1974. All patients who were examined or treated in Japanese general hospitals with more than 80 beds were studied by letters of inquiry. From the study, it was estimated that the total number of patients was as follows: 1130 cases of pituitary dwarfism, 1908 cases of hypopituitarism, 917 cases of acromegaly and gigantism, 745 cases of Cushing's disease (adrenal hyperplasia), 1668 cases of pituitary diabetes insipidus. Detailed information was obtained on about half of these patients. © 1977, The Japan Endocrine Society. All rights reserved.