Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pituitary surgery is associated with post-operative complications including hypopituitarism and visual field defects. In order to ensure that our surgical outcomes were comparable with other centres, we audited the outcome of a cohort of patients referred for surgery at a single centre.Methods: A retrospective audit of 27 consecutive patients diagnosed with pituitary adenoma at Heartlands Hospital Birmingham, who underwent trans-sphenoidal ...

Background: Incidence of non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma (NFPMA) is very rare in pregnancy. We describe a case of complicated non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma presented during pregnancy. 26 year old female at 21 weeks gestation presented to emergency services with worsening headaches, nausea and vomiting for 2-3 months. This was associated with transient double vision and confusion since 2 days. She was admitted to emergency department 3 weeks ago with vomiting an...

Craniopharyngioma is a rare embryonic malformation of the Sellar/parasellar region. This harbors BRAF-V600E mutations. There are 2 Subtypes-Adamantinomatous and Papillary. Point prevalence of CP is around 2/100,000 with no variance by gender or race. CP has bimodal age distribution with peak incidence in the ages of 5-14 and 65-74 years. CP presents with following clinical features: Symptoms due to increased intracranial pressure-Nausea, headaches, visual impairments, hormone ...

Background: Pituitary adenomas are the commonest Sellar neoplasm, there are number of other differential diagnosis based on histopathological features and immune histochemical characteristics. Pituicytomas are rare tumours of sellar and suprasellar region which originate from pituicytes which are specialised glial cells of neurohypophysis and infundibulum.Case report: A 63-year-old lady with a background history of bilateral cataract corrected with surge...

Background: Diabetes Insipidus (DI) is uncommon during pregnancy. It may predate pregnancy, be unmasked by pregnancy or arise de novo during pregnancy secondary to other pathology. We present a case of DI in pregnancy to highlight challenges in management.Case Report: A 27-year-old lady at 21 weeks’ gestation, presented to A&E with worsening headache and confusion for three to five months. She was hemodynamically stable, had bitemporal hemianopi...

Background: Pituitary apoplexy is one of the rare endocrine emergencies. Most series indicate that incidence is between 2-7% based on clinical, surgical and histopathological evidence.1-3 Usually presents with severe headaches that may be associated with nausea vomiting, ocular palsies, fever, photophobia. Predisposing factors are pre-existing pituitary conditions, hypertension, major surgery, anticoagulation therapy, pregnancy, radiotherapy. Appropriate endocrine, ...

Background: To identify a serum prolactin (PRL) cut-off value indicative of a PRL-producing adenoma in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and hyperprolactinaemia and characterize such patients. Materials and methods: In the present retrospective case–control study, the medical records of 528 PCOS women were reviewed. Pituitary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed in PCOS patients with PRL levels ≥94.0 ng/ml and/or symptoms suspicious of a pituit...