Endocrine Abstracts

Long-term sequels of pituitary radiotherapy include hypopituitarism, optic nerve atrophy, sensorineural hearing loss, neurocognitive impairment and second intracranial neoplasms, the meningioma being the most frequent. The cumulative incidence of second cerebral tumours within 20 years of the radiation is 2% and, unlike its primary forms, they show a more aggressive atypical histology, and the age of appearance varies depending on the latency time, which in its turn is proport...

Introduction: Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte imbalance among hospitalised patients. Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) is considered the most frequent etiology on patients with euvolemic hiponatremia. Conventional treatment includes water restriction and salt tablets with limited efficacy and very slow onset of action in certain patients.Material and methods: Systematic sampling of all SIADH patients treated wit...