Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Our aim was to identify and treat sleep disorders in asymptomatic patients with craniopharyngioma and to identify co-existing respiratory disease.Methods: 5 patients (1 male) with a diagnosis of craniopharyngioma, were identified from the local pituitary database and admitted for polysomnography (Alice 4, Respironics), as part of a study of hypothalamic disease in craniopharyngioma. Sleep disturbance was defined as an apnoea index (AHI) of &#6...

Introduction: Some patients complain of excessive daytime somnolence following pituitary surgery.Aim: To investigate the presence of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) following surgery for non functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA).Design and methods: We assessed the prevalence of OSA in 16 routinely selected patients following surgery for NFPA and 13 obese controls attending a tertiary referral centre, by means of the Epworth Sleepine...

Patients with craniopharyngioma have increased mortality attributed to cardiorespiratory disease, when compared to other hypopituitary populations. There is little data on the cause for excess of fatal respiratory disease in this condition. Clinical observation had identified sleep apnoea in some craniopharyngioma patients in our cohort. Sleep apnoea increases cerebrovascular and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Our hypothesis was that sleep apnoea could be a contributo...