Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Endonasal endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery (EETS) for a sellar or suprasellar mass poses potential complications, including transient or permanent hypopituitarism. Adrenocortical insufficiency is especially worrisome given its potentially life-threatening course, if untreated. Usual clinical practice includes administration of perioperative “stress doses” of steroids followed by long term steroid replacement until the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal ax...

Aim: Evaluate the predictive value of the Pituitary Apoplexy Score (PAS) for predicting hormonal and visual recovery after surgery or conservative management of patients with pituitary apoplexy (PA).Methods: Multicenter retrospective study of patients presenting with clinical PA in three Spanish tertiary hospitals between 2008 and 2022. The PAS was calculated following the UK Pituitary Apoplexy Guidelines Development Group evaluation grid.<p class="a...