Endocrine Abstracts

The pituicytomas are extremely rare and little-studied primary tumours of the adult neurohypophysis. These are low-grade (World Health Organization [WHO] grade 1), indolent gliomas which present as a sellar mass, which is usually mistaken for a pituitary adenoma, and has no known hormonal secretory function. A 63 years old retired paediatrician was referred to the neurology clinic with the history of constant severe headache ongoing for a few weeks. It involved the whole of th...