Endocrine Abstracts

Hypopituitarism and impaired fertility in adulthood may result from congenital genetic defects detected during childhood or acquired pituitary dysfunction after apoplexy or resection of a pituitary tumor or following radiation therapy. This lecture will review the fertility options for hypopituitary patients, success rates and predictors of outcome for conception and live births. In those with normal pituitary function planning surgery and/or radiation to the hypothalamic-pitu...