Delayed pan-hypopituitarism as a complication following endovascular treatment of bilateral internal carotid artery aneurysms. A case report and review.

Pan-hypopituitarism has been reported in patients who are subsequently found to have a cerebral aneurysm and there have been reports of pituitary dysfunction immediately following both surgical and endovascular treatment. The authors report a rare case of delayed pan-hypopituitarism following endovascular treatment of bilateral internal carotid artery aneurysms with coil embolisation and flow-diverting stents.

Paediatric germ cell tumours of the central nervous system: Results and experience from a tertiary-referral paediatric institution in Australia.

A retrospective analysis was conducted on consecutive patients with intracranial germ cell tumours diagnosed and treated from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2007 to assess and determine demographic factors and treatment outcomes of children with these tumours treated in a major paediatric referral hospital in Australia. In this study, intracranial germ cell tumours represented 4.8% of paediatric brain tumours seen.