ea0029p1523 | Pituitary Clinical | ICEECE2012
Valkusz Z.
, Magony S.
, Sepp K.
, Csajbok E.
, Julesz J.
, Pavics L.
The hypothalamic–pituitary unit is a particularly radiosensitive region in the central nervous system. As a consequence, hypopituitarism commonly develops after radiation treatments for sellar and parasellar neoplasms, extrasellar brain tumours. Increasing tumour-related survival rates provide an expanding population at risk of developing hypopituitarism. The severity of hypopituitarism is related to the radiation doses given while whole body irradiation regimens to a dos...