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Endocrine Abstracts (2024) 99 EP397 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.99.EP397

1Servicio Endocrinologiay Nutricion, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain; 2Centro de Investigación de Endocrinología y Nutrición Clínica, Facultad de Medicina de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain; 3Facultad de Medicina de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain


Introduction: Pituitary adenomas are neoplasms originating in the pituitary gland. They represent 15.5% of tumor pathology of the central nervous system and their incidence is estimated at 3.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants/year.

Objective: To evaluate the postoperative results of adenomas operated on at the Hospital Clinico de Valladolid (HCUV)

Material and Methods: Observational, transversal and retrospective study of operated adenoma from 2001 to 2016 in HCUV. Variables studied were epidemiology clinical, radiography pathology surgery radiotherapy and treatment

Results: 139 patients were evaluated, 61 (43.9%) being men with a mean age of 51 (42-63)years. The main cause of adenomas presentation was compressive symptoms (41.7%), followed by hormonal excess (26.9%) (table 1) 117 (84.2%) were macroadenomas with a mean size of 17.8 cm3 and 77.7% had suprasellar or lateral extension. The average reduction in tumor size was 32%. The immunohistochemical phenotype was performed on 64 (38.8%) tumors; the most numerous group was prolactinomas, followed by GH secreters and ACTH secreters. 11 (7.9%) patients had postsurgical complications: 8 diabetes insipidus, 2 SIADH, 1 respiratory distress. 9 patients had to undergo reoperation and 59 required radiotherapy. The long-term patient outcome was cure in 25 (18%) patients; persistence in 111 (79.9%) patients; recurrence in 2 (1.4%) patients and 1 (0.7%) patient died.

CLINICAL PRESENTATION N (%)
Compressive58 (41.7%)
Hormonal excess36 (25.9%)
Incidentaloma25 (18%)
Hormonal deficiency5 (3.6%)
Compressive/Excess8 (5.8%)
Compressive/deficit3 (2.2%)
Excess/deficit3 (2.2%)
Compressive/deficit/Excess1 (0.7%)

Conclusions: Pituitary adenomas are rare lesions that manifest mainly due to compressive symptoms or hormonal hyperproduction. Those who require surgery in the hands of expert surgeons have good results

Volume 99

26th European Congress of Endocrinology

Stockholm, Sweden
11 May 2024 - 14 May 2024

European Society of Endocrinology 

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