Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypothalamo-pituitary dysfunction has been reported in patients after traumatic brain injury or subarachnoid hemorrhage with relatively high frequency according to published studies. Assessment of hypothalamo– pituitary functions in patients with chronic subdural hematomas has not been published yet, although dysfunction of hypothalamo- pituitary unit could be expected (head trauma, compression and oedema of the brain, shifting of the midline structures).</p...