ea0032p930 | Pituitary – Clinical (<emphasis role="italic">Generously supported by IPSEN</emphasis>) | ECE2013
Crock Patricia
, Maltby Vicki
, Smith Casey J A
, Bensing Sophie
, Ludecke Dieter K
, Kampe Olle
Introduction: Generously supported by IPSEN)-->Pituitary infarction is rare in the paediatric age. In adolescents and adults it is often secondary to haemorrhage into an underlying lesion such as pituitary adenoma or cyst. Lymphocytic hypophysitis is rare in children and usually peri-tumoral due to germinoma, craniopharyngioma or Rathkes cyst and often associated with hypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus.<p class="abstext...