Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hypothalamic-pituitary function and adipose tissue are deeply interconnected. Obesity has been linked to morpho-functional changes in several endocrine glands (thyroid, adrenal, gonads). No study has quantified the appearance of the pituitary gland in obese subjects.Aim: To measure pituitary signal intensity, homogeneity and texture of the pituitary gland at magnetic resonance (MR) in obese subjects free of focal pituitary disease.<p clas...

Introduction: Even if obesity has been associated to several hormonal imbalances, pituitary appearance at Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in obese patients is understudied.Aim: To measure pituitary signal intensity and homogeneity at MRI in obese subjects free of focal pituitary disease, in the context of the CHIasM study (Changes in the Hypotalamic-pItuitary region of patients with Metabolic syndrome and obesity).Materials and me...