Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To study the metabolic profile of patients after surgery for pituitary tumors.Methods: This retrospective study included 1138 patients from 2000 to 2017. Those with prolactinomas, pituitary apoplexy and surgery elsewhere were excluded. The analysis included 525 patients, non-functional tumors (143), acromegaly (267), Cushing’s disease (113) and TSHoma (1). The patients’ blood pressure, blood sugar, lipid profile and body mass index (...

Introduction: Craniopharyngiomas constitute 2–5% of all primary CNS neoplasms. We retrospectively analysed the case records of all patients with craniopharyngioma treated in our hospital from 1996 to 2006.Results: One hundred and twenty-seven patients were treated during this period. 65% were male and 35% were female. 50 patients (39%) were <15 yrs of age. The maximum clustering of cases was in the 6–15 yr age group (37%).<p class="abs...