Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: To determine the risk of developing hypopituitarism after cranial irradiation for skull base meningiomas. Cranial irradiation is often chosen as first treatment in skull base meningiomas to avoid risk to proximally-located critical structures. While cranial irradiation has been associated with high risk of inducing hypopituitarism, few studies concern meningiomas.Methods and materials: Fifty-two adult patients receiving photon-beam therapyfor sk...

Introduction: Metastatic insulinoma is an extremely rare form of malignant insulinoma involving metastatic growth where classical surgical treatment is often impossible. Medical therapies are widely considered and reserved for those especially with inoperable insulinoma with the goals of reducing tumor size, but also of reducing hypoglycemic events either by acting directly on the insulinoma cells (reducing excess insulin secretion from the insulinoma cells or reducing tumor v...