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ea0037ep793 | Pituitary: clinical | ECE2015

Anterior pituitary hormone deficiencies in primary and surgery related empty sella cases and its effect on quality of life

Titiz Hafize , Aydin Yusuf , Onder Elif , Koc Alper , Soysal Tuba

Introduction: Primary empty sella (PES) is often found incidentally during neuroradiological studies. Although pituitary function is usually normal in patients with PES, it could be associated with serious clinical conditions including different degrees of hypopituitarism. Post-operative empty sella (POES), the most common group, results from pituitary adenoma and their treatments. Our aim is to compare anterior pituitary functions and quality of life (QoL) with Short Form-36 ...