Endocrine Abstracts

A 37 year old male presented with visual problems in June 2006.He gave a history of double vision for 18 months and denied headaches.On examination his Glasgow coma score was 15/15, pupils were equal and reactive to light. Visual acuity; right eye - 6/6, left eye- 6/60. Visual field testing showed a temporal field defect in the right eye and poor vision in the left eye.MRI brain scan showed a very large, fair...

Road traffic accidents resulting in traumatic brain injuries are increasingly common. Patients are often males in their third decade. Many of these patients persist to have various symptoms even after recovery from the acute phase, which tend to be diagnosed as post concussion syndromes. Interest has increased of late in Post traumatic hypopituitarism. We report two patients with head injuries with endocrine insufficiencies.A 21 year male was hit by a ca...