Impact of postoperative pituitary tumor adrenal insufficiency and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on tumor recurrence.

CONCLUSIONS: The age, patient gender and the size of the tumor were not independent risk factors leading to postoperative pituitary tumor adrenal insufficiency. However, the occurrence rate of adrenal insufficiency of patients in high age group was higher than that of patients in low age group. Also, the occurrence rate of adrenal insufficiency of patients (whose one or several hormones dramatically decreased before the operation) was significantly higher than that of patients (whose hormone level did not decrease before the operation). So, the patients in high age group and whose one or several hormones dramatically decreased before the operation should be paid more attention to the condition of adrenal insufficiency and should be ready for hormone replacement. PMID: 28678331 [PubMed - in process]
Source: European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci Source Type: research