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ea0038p318 | Pituitary | SFEBES2015

An association between self-drawing, morphometric changes and psychological outcomes in patients with acromegaly vs non-functioning pituitary adenoma

Kaiser Stephanie , Tiemensema Jitske , Vallis Michael , Siddiqi Ferhan , Yip Churn-Ern , Tugwell Barna , Ransom Thomas , Tramble Lisa , Abidi Ebad , Clarke David , Imran Syed Ali

We recently developed a visual scale to assess the extent of morphometric changes in Acromegaly (Acro) patients which is strongly predictive of adverse psychological outcomes. We sought to identify if there was any association between the self-drawing test and the visual morphometric scale and if there was any correlation with psychological outcomes.We compared 60 consecutive non-functioning adenoma (NFA) and Acro patients who had undergone pituitary sur...