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ea0035p735 | Neuroendocrinology | ECE2014

Changes in pituitary comorbidities of adult-onset craniopharyngioma depending on date of diagnosis

Stormann Sylvere , Rimpau Julius , Dimopoulou Christina , Schopohl Jochen , Roemmler-Zehrer Josefine

Introduction: Craniopharyngioma is an insidious disease that leads to profound comorbidities. Outcomes of the disease have been studied in depth, but there is little data comparing pituitary comorbidities of cases diagnosed in recent years opposed to before. We hypothesized that advances in endocrinologic diagnostics and neurosurgery have led to a lower degree of comorbidities.Methods: We investigated 54 patients with adult-onset craniopharyngioma (28 ma...