A 25-year-old male presents with fatigue,constipation,and sexual dysfunction.Tests reveal all pituitary hormones are normal and no masses are present.The nurse suspects the most likely cause of his symptoms is a dysfunction in the:

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When pituitary hormones are normal,dysfunction in the action of hypothalamic hormones are most commonly related to interruption of the connection between the hypothalamus and pituitary,the pituitary stalk.
Pituitary hormones are normal so the dysfunction cannot be in the anterior pituitary.
Pituitary hormones are normal,so the dysfunction cannot be in the posterior pituitary.
Pituitary hormones are normal,so the dysfunction cannot be in the pars intermedia.

A 25-Year-Old Male Presents with Fatigue,constipation,and Sexual Dysfunction