Screening

Hypopituitarism, postradiation

Patients with a history of radiation exposure to the sellar region need serial screening for progressive hormone loss, which can occur over the course of a number of years. Patients with a history of a recent traumatic brain injury require testing of the pituitary axis, as the incidence of anterior pituitary dysfunction can approach 30% acutely.[53]

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