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ea0005p140 | Endocrine Tumours and Neoplasia | BES2003

Pituitary irradiation for recurrent steroid-responsive hypophysitis in three patients

Coyle F , Beaney R , Miell J , Bullock P , Al-Sarraj S , McGregor A , Aylwin S

We have evaluated the effectiveness of radiotherapy in three patients with recurrent symptomatic hypophysitis following surgical decompression.Case 1(54 F); presented with diabetes insipidus, hypopituitarism and a large hypophyseal mass. Following trans-sphenoidal surgery (TSS), a diagnosis of xanthomatous hypophysitis was made. Two years later severe headaches returned, and despite a second trans-sphenoidal procedure, visual acuity further deteriorated in the left eye...