ea0099p526 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2024
Witte Julian
, Surmann Bastian
, Batram Manuel
, Weinert Markus
, Flume Mathias
, Touchot Nicolas
, Beckhaus Julia
, Friedrich Carsten
, Muller Hermann
Background: Hypothalamic obesity (HO) is defined as abnormal weight gain resulting in severe persistent obesity due to physical, tumor- and/or treatment related damage of the hypothalamus. The HO epidemiology is poorly understood. We developed a database algorithm supporting the standardized identification of tumor/treatment-related HO (TTR-HO) patients.Methods: The algorithm is used to estimate incidence rates of TTR-HO patients in the German healthcare...