Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Generously supported by IPSEN)-->Pituitary infarction is rare in the paediatric age. In adolescents and adults it is often secondary to haemorrhage into an underlying lesion such as pituitary adenoma or cyst. Lymphocytic hypophysitis is rare in children and usually peri-tumoral due to germinoma, craniopharyngioma or Rathke’s cyst and often associated with hypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus.<p class="abstext...