ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0018.1-10 | Genetics | ESPEYB18

1.10. MITOL dysfunction causes dwarfism with anterior pituitary hypoplasia

K Matsuno , S Nagashima , I Shiiba , K Taniwaka , K Takeda , T Tokuyama , N Ito , N Matsushita , T Fukuda , S Ishido , R Inatome , S Yanagi

J Biochem. 2020 Sep 1;168(3):305-312. doi: doi: 10.1093/jb/mvaa050. PMID: 32302394.This study shows that mice mitochondrial regulatory gene Mitol-deficient mice display reduced growth in combination with anterior pituitary hypoplasia and reduced growth hormone levels.MITOL encodes a ubiquitin ligase. Ablation of Mitol in nestin-expressing cells ...

ey0018.1-11 | Genetics | ESPEYB18

1.11. Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome broadens the clinical spectrum of the TTC26 ciliopathy

O David , M Eskin-Schwartz , G Ling , V Dolgin , E Kristal , E Benkowitz , L Osyntsov , L Gradstein , OS Birk , N Loewenthal , B Yerushalmi

Clin Genet. 2020 Sep;98(3):303-307. doi: 10.1111/cge.13805. PMID: 32617964.In this case series, David et al. describe clinical features of 4 patients in 2 unrelated consanguineous families with TTC26 ciliopathy due to a homozygous c.695A>G p.Asn232Ser mutation. Three of the patients had MRI findings consistent with pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS), a congenital anomaly o...

ey0018.1-12 | Clinical/Translational | ESPEYB18

1.12. Pituitary incidentalomas in paediatric population: Incidence and characteristics

M Shareef , MP Nasrallah , N AlArab , LA Atweh , C Zadeh , R Hourani

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2021 Feb;94(2):269–276. doi: 10.1111/cen.14353. PMID: 33098093.Every clinician encounters sometimes tricky incidentalomas, i.e., non-symptom-related imaging findings that are a consequence of increased availability and resolution of radiologic imaging.This study evaluated pediatric pituitary incidentalomas (PIs). Pituitary microadenomas...

ey0018.1-13 | Clinical/Translational | ESPEYB18

1.13. Anterior pituitary function in Rathke's cleft cysts versus nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas

M Fujii , A Nakagawa , O Tachibana , H Iizuka , D Koya

Endocr J. 2021 Apr 3. doi: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ21-0050. PMID: 33814485.Mizue Fujii and colleagues retrospectively evaluated the pituitary function in 67 and 111 adult patients with Rathke’s cleft cyst (RCC) and non-functioning pituitary adenoma (NFA), respectively. The study population represented consecutive patients encountered in their institute. They found that RCCs were smaller t...

ey0018.1-14 | Clinical/Translational | ESPEYB18

1.14. Pituitary germinomas: a multi-institutional study analyzing patient demographics and management patterns

AD Bhimani , NM Barrington , TM Aguilar , GD Arnone , AI Mehta

Pituitary. 2020 Aug;23(4):381-388. doi: 10.1007/s11102-020-01042-2. PMID: 32388804.Bhimani and colleagues analysed the National Cancer Institute’s register data of pediatric and adult patients to describe patient demographics and management of intracranial germinomas, reporting the largest case series (n=92) to date.In their cohort, pediatric patient...

ey0018.1-15 | Clinical/Translational | ESPEYB18

1.15. Clinical outcomes and complications of pituitary blastoma

APY Liu , MM Kelsey , N Sabbaghian , SH Park , CL Deal , AJ Esbenshade , O Ploner , A Peet , H Traunecker , YHE Ahmed , M Zacharin , A Tiulpakov , AM Lapshina , AW Walter , P Dutta , A Rai , M Korbonits , L de Kock , KE Nichols , WD Foulkes , JR Priest

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Jan 23;106(2):351–363. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa857. PMID: 33236116.Here, the authors report the long−term outcomes of all 17 known, well−investigated cases of pituitary blastoma. The median age at diagnosis was 11 months, and the most frequent presentations were Cushing syndrome (n=10), cranial nerve palsies including ophthalmoplegia (...

ey0018.1-16 | Pituitary Function and Viral Diseases | ESPEYB18

1.16 COVID-19 and the pituitary

S Frara , A Allora , L Castellino , L di Filippo , P Loli , A Giustina

Pituitary. 2021 Jun;24(3):465–481. doi: 10.1007/s11102-021-01148-1. PMID: 33939057.Frara et al. review the main endocrine manifestations of COVID-19 with its implications for pituitary diseases. The authors report on the possible direct and indirect involvement of the pituitary gland in COVID-19 infection, and also the impact of COVID-19 on the management of pituitary dise...

ey0018.1-17 | Pituitary Function and Viral Diseases | ESPEYB18

1.17. Clinical and biochemical features of hypopituitarism among brazilian children with Zika virus-induced microcephaly

LL Ferreira , JP Aguilar Ticona , PS Silveira-Mattos , MB Arriaga , TB Moscato , GC Conceicao , ACD Santos , F Costa , CAD Alves , SR Antonini

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 May 3;4(5):e219878. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.987.Ferreira et al. assessed postnatal growth and possible hypopituitarism at the age of 27 months in 65 children with microcephaly (head circumference, HC, < -2 S.D.) associated with congenital Zika virus (CZV) infection. Despite short stature, marked microcephaly and severe brain abnorm...

ey0018.2-1 | Neonatal hypoglycaemia | ESPEYB18

2.1. Continuous glucose monitoring for the prevention of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Dec 21;12:CD013309. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013309.pub2. PMID: 33348448.This Cochrane review aimed to assess the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in preterm infants. It finds limited evidence to support the use of CGM devices to improve mortality or morbidity in preterm infants.Both hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia ar...