Endocrine Abstracts

A 27 year old lady presented in 2016 with a 3 month history of intermittent headache and visual disturbance, 3.5 months post-partum. She had a past medical history of cluster headache; treated with verapamil and short courses of oral steroids (she had no recent steroid courses prior to presentation). She was found to have a partial right sixth nerve palsy but normal visual fields on Goldmann’s testing. She had biochemical evidence of secondary adrenal insufficiency (sodi...

Objective: Clinical management of pituitary cysts remains controversial, especially if asymptomatic. We retrospectively review clinical management and outcome of these patients undergoing long-term follow-up in our pituitary clinic.Methods: All patients with MRI-based diagnosis of pituitary cyst were included. Clinical presentation, cyst size and endocrinopathies (secondary adrenal, thyroid or gonadal deficiency) were compared between surgical and observ...

Objective: Standard Cushing’s disease (CD) treatment is trans-sphenoidal surgery (TSS). However, reported postoperative remission and relapse rates are variable. We have retrospectively analysed clinical outcomes of patients with CD undergoing TSS at our centre.Methods: Patients with CD currently under our long-term endocrine care were included. Diagnosis of CD was made following standard biochemical and radiological investigations. Post-operative r...