Recovery of hypopituitarism after neurosurgical treatment of pituitary adenomas
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...In case series from the past 2 decades, improved postoperative anterior pituitary function was seen in 35 to 50% of patients (32, 36, 38, 48), whereas resolution of DI has not been reported....
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...Previous series have not addressed this dichotomy in recovery of gonadal function (1, 5, 12, 18, 38, 48), although others have shown that “stalk compression” hyperprolactinemia is a relatively reliable indicator of reversible hypopituitarism (6, 7)....
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...(48) of 234 surgically treated patients, complete pre- and postoperative hormonal data were available for only 55 and 62% of the cohort, respectively....
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...22% (1, 5, 12, 18, 38, 48), and permanent DI has ranged from 0....
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...Information on pituitary function was collected (GH, IGF-I, TSH, free T4, prolactin, and gonadotropins) as previously described (14)....
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