Obesity Abstracts

We present the case of a 28-year-old woman who initially presented aged 11 with a brain tumour in 2002. This was diagnosed as a craniopharyngioma and managed with neurosurgery, a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt and radiotherapy. The consequence of this treatment gradually rendered her panhypopituitary and caused hypothalamic injury. Medications which were commenced around this time include hydrocortisone, thyroxine, desmopressin and growth hormone. The hypothalamic insult in t...