Pituitary Function on Patients with Sellar and Suprasellar Tumor. |
Sei Won Yang1, Hyung Ro Moon1, Byung Kyu Cho2 |
1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea 2Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea |
Sella 내 또는 Sella 상부에 발생한 종양을 가진 환자에서
뇌하수체 기능의 변화에 관한 연구* |
양세원1, 문형로1, 조병규2 |
1서울대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 2서울대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실 |
Received: 27 June 1989 • Accepted: 22 September 1989 |
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Abstract |
We observed the status of pituitary hormones (growth hormone, TSH, ACTH, gonadotropin and
ADH) in the patients with intrasellar and suprasellar tumors (Table 1 and 2) before and after
treatment of tumors. They were estimated from the results of various provocative tests to the
pituitary hormones after confimation of normal thyroid function.
The results were as belows (Table 3 and 4):
1) Most patients with craniopharyngioma and germinoma had GH dificiency before treatment of
tumors. All patients with craniopharyngioma and most patients (75%) with germinoma had GH
deficiency after treatment of tumors.
2) The incidence of TSH deficiency was less than that of TRH deficiency before and after
treatment of tumors. It suggests that most lesions which make the pituitary hormones deficient exist
in the hypothalamus.
3) The status of gonadotropin were evaluated only in patients whose bone ages were above 12 years
old. Most patients with craniopharyngioma and germinoma had gonadotropin deficiency before and
after treatment of tumors. This result suggests that most tumors which involve in the suprasellar area
make the gonadotropin deficient.
4) Only two patients with craniopharyngioma showed partial deficiency of ACTH before treatment
of tumors, but more than half patients showed ACTH deficiency after treatment of tumors, but 81%
of the patients with ACTH deficiency showed partial responses to the insulin-induced hypoglycemia.
5) The symptoms and signs of diabetes insipidus were prominent in patients with craniopharyn-
gioma and germinoma before and after treatment of tumors, but a few patients showed spontaneous
regression of symptoms of diabetes insipidus within 14 months after treatment of tumors.
In conclusion, all the patients with craniopharyngioma and germinoma must be considerd to have
more than one pituitary hormone deficiency at least before and after treatment of tumors and should
be evaluated by provocative tests of pituitary hormones routinely. The pathogenesis of
hypopituitaism probably derives from the interruption of normal hypothalamic-pituitary relation by
the tumors themselves, mainly in the hypothalamus but the methods of treatment including surgery
and radiotherapy may participate in the occurrence of hypopituitarism. |
Key Words:
Hypopituitarism, Sellar, Suprasellar tumor |
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