Endocrine Abstracts

Craniopharyngiomas (CF) - a benign tumor of the embryologic origin. The surgical method of treatment is the basic.Objective: to estimate incidence of hypogonatropic hypogonadism before and after surgical treatment of CF at different topographical variations, and after the preservation of the pituitary stalk. Methods: The research involved 79 patients older than 18 years (41 women and 38 men) with a mean age - 40 [17; 69] with a ver...

Objective: To study epileptic seizures in patients with large and giant prolactinomas.Patients and methods: The study group included 45 patients with large prolactinoma (more 36 mm in diameter) and 23 patients with giant prolactinoma (more than 60 mm in diameter). 55 men and 13 women aged 16–67 years (mean 39). Patients were followed by hormone measurements, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalogram (EEG) and endocrinological, psychopat...