ea0005p140 | Endocrine Tumours and Neoplasia | BES2003
Coyle F
, Beaney R
, Miell J
, Bullock P
, Al-Sarraj S
, McGregor A
, Aylwin S
We have evaluated the effectiveness of radiotherapy in three patients with recurrent symptomatic hypophysitis following surgical decompression.Case 1(54 F); presented with diabetes insipidus, hypopituitarism and a large hypophyseal mass. Following trans-sphenoidal surgery (TSS), a diagnosis of xanthomatous hypophysitis was made. Two years later severe headaches returned, and despite a second trans-sphenoidal procedure, visual acuity further deteriorated in the left eye...