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Table 3 Hormonal deficiencies according to entities

From: Prevalence of hypopituitarism after intracranial operations not directly associated with the pituitary gland

Entities

Pat.

Deficiencies

Confidence interval (95%)

(n)

% (n)

(A) Meningeomas

22

54% (12)

0.54 (0.35-0.73)

(B) Astrocytoma, glioma, oligodendroglioma, ganglioglioma

7

86% (6)

0.86 (0.49-0.97)

(C) Vestibular schwannoma, ependymoma, pinealoma

7

57% (4)

0.57 (0.25-0.84)

(D) Vessel associated diseases

9

88% (8)

0.88 (0.56-0.98)

(E) Subdural hematoma, epileptic lesion, Cavum vergae

3

66% (2)

0.66 (0.21-0.94)

(F) Brain abscess

3

0.00% (0)

0.00 (0.00-0.56)

Overall rate

51

62.7% (32)

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