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ea0091we1 | Workshop E: Disorders of the gonads | SFEEU2023

Infertile Couple: Spermatogenesis in Congenital Panhypopituitarism

Grixti Lydia , Quinton Richard

A 31-year-old gentleman presented to our Endocrine Services with his 20-year-old fiancée with plans for marriage and to conceive. He was diagnosed with congenital panhypopituitarism and absent pituitary stalk at the age of 4. He was started on replacement growth hormone, desmopressin, levothyroxine, hydrocortisone and testosterone, in this sequence, across the years. He underwent induction of puberty at the age of 13 years. He was noticed to have bilateral cryptorchidism ...

ea0086p92 | Neuroendocrinology and Pituitary | SFEBES2022

Natural history of non-functioning pituitary microadenomas – results from the UK NFA consortium

Hamblin Ross , Fountas Athanasios , Lithgow Kirstie , Loughrey Paul Benjamin , Bonanos Efstathios , Khalid Shinwari Shah , Mitchell Kirsten , Shah Syed , Grixti Lydia , Matheou Mike , Isand Kristina , McLaren David , Surya Ashutosh , Zubair Ullah Hafiz , Klaucane Katarina , Jayasuriya Anuradha , Bhatti Sumbal , Mavilakandy Akash , Ahsan Masato , Mathew Susan , Hussein Ziad , Jansz Thijs , Wunna Wunna , Ayuk John , Abraham Prakash , Drake William , Brooke Antonia , Baldeweg Stephanie E. , Sam Amir H. , Martin Niamh , Higham Claire , Reddy Narendra , Ahluwalia Rupa , Newell-Price John , Vamvakopoulos Joannis , Krishnan Amutha , Lansdown Andrew , Murray Robert D , Pal Aparna , Bradley Karin , Mamoojee Yaasir , Purewal Tejpal , Panicker Janki , Marie Freel E , Hasan Faisal , Kumar Mohit , Jose Biju , Hunter Steven , Karavitaki Niki

Background: The published data on the natural history of (presumed) non-functioning pituitary microadenomas (micro-NFAs) is possibly compromised by small sample sizes, short follow-up and inclusion of cases with other pathologies in the analyses.Objective: To clarify the long-term outcomes of micro-NFAs in a large cohort of patients.Methods: We conducted a multi-centre, retrospective, cohort study involving 22 UK endocrine departme...